[wpkg-users] Getting rid of install before remove

[Stefan Pendl]

Am 20.12.2016 um 16:16 schrieb Luca Manganelli:
> Let me explain what I want to do.
>
> 1) I have Adobe-Reader-XI and Adobe-Reader-DC packages;
>
> 2) The Adobe-Reader-DC is a monster (130 MB package+cumulative update)
>
> 3) We have about 100 PC (out of 1300) that are running on a slow and
> shared link accross PC (ADSL - maximum trasfer rate 256KB/sec)
>
> 4) I'm experimenting the download of the DC package with the Microsoft
> BITS (Background Intellingent Transfer Service) that runs during the
> computer operativity;
>
> 5) So when I replace, for one host, the package Adobe-Reader-XI with the
> DC version, I do not want to uninstall immediately the XI version (so I
> removed the <remove> command), the DC setup does it automatically (so it
> starts when it has all packages in local).
>

You could also add the package attribute "precheck-remove" set to 
"always", which will skip the remove commands if the checks fail.
The checks are executed before anything is done with the package.


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*Stefan P.*

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