[wpkg-users] Again, issues with java latest update 7u51

[Paul McGrath]

I would just like to bring it to the attention of the list for those considering upgrading.

Something significant has been added or removed from 7u51 which is now preventing two of our Java web based management systems from loading.  One is a student management system called Banner
http://daviswiki.org/BANNER_Student_Information_System

If you work in a University that uses Banner you may want to hold off as I have to downgrade 400+ systems today ;-)


-----Original Message-----
From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Falko Trojahn
Sent: 21 January 2014 10:28
To: Liste wpkg-users
Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Again, issues with java latest update 7u51

Hello Carlos,

IMHO and if I understand you correctly, changing especially the software variable at profile level doesn't make much sense for me. 

At least, this would mean you need two shares with the software (perhaps all space doubled) and the xml (packages) files, possibly with errors during development, which can disturb the production environment.

Even this latest feature change from Rainer makes it much easier:
http://sourceforge.net/p/wpkg/code/251/

(BTW: could someone correct the wrong svn location on http://wpkg.org/Download,  please - thank you.)


I do it like this:

- have one (or several) Windows-VMs for testing

- have all xml files and scripts in svn or git repo

- have one SOFTWARE share for devel and production
  (newer software releases are saved there, but first
  used only by test machines)

- approved xml packages/profiles etc. are checked out
  on the SOFTWARE share

- a local git or svn checkout of the xml files are used by 
  the test machines, mainly by changing wpkg client or
  wpkg-gp configuration to use another config.xml,
  or just calling scripts with parameters for installing,
  syncing or removing software

This way I can edit the changed profiles/packages/etc. files
locally, test'em using different test systems, then if approved
they are commited to the repo. All changes can be tracked,
and the approved packages are checked out on the production
share.

So I hope I could give you some idea about what can be done.

Best regards,
Falko

On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:01:38 -0200, Carlos Gomes - STI Unesp Franca
<cgomes at franca.unesp.br> wrote:
> Sorry bothering the list again, but im with some doubts relative to
global
> variables, in specific the one I could setup the server with the
packages.
> the suggested on some of the scripts of this thread the %SOFTWARE%
> variable, but I was unable to set ip up on my environment, heres my
doubts:
> 
> Do I set it up on the profiles.xml file, on the profile id tag, before
the
> packages, ex:
> <profile id="testprofile">
>     <variable name="SOFTWARE" value"\\10.10.10.10\somefolder"/>
> </profile>
> 
> or in the packages.xml file, before all packages, and after the xsd
schema
> lines?
> 
> thanks in advance!
> 
> 


-- 
Your's sincerely - Mit freundlichen Grüßen -
Reçevez mes salutations distinguées

Falko Trojahn 
http://www.trojahn.de
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