[wpkg-users] wpkg.xml updated on workstation but no software installed

[éric le hénaff]

hello
 > So, for you, just increasing the revision by one in the XML file 
should trigger the upgrade.

I tried that one but the local database wasn't updated and nothing was 
installed.
I changed the revision number from 6 to 0903 to reflect the version 
number of pdfcreator.
i now know why it doesn't work.
A string comparison is done between 6 and 0903 instead of a number 
comparison.
so "6 is higher than 0 => do nothing"
i removed the 0 and it work better.
ELH

Tomasz Chmielewski a écrit :
> éric le hénaff schrieb:
>> hello
>> how does it come that the <package> block is added to 
>> c$\WINNT\system32\wpkg.xml but that the software is finally not 
>> installed.
>>
>> PDFCreator 0.8.0.1 is installed on our workstations.
>> I added the block below to update to 0.9.3.
>
>>         <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="PDFCreator"/>
>
>> But when i look into c$\Program Files\PDFCreator , The version of 
>> PDFcreator.exe is still 0.8.0.1.
>> What happened ? Any hint ?
>
> That's expected behaviour.
>
> Before attempting to execute any "<install ...>" command, WPKG goes 
> through the "<check ...>" conditions.
>
> In this case, it sees "PDFCreator" in Software Add/Remove, and 
> correctly assumes that PDFCreator is installed - and thus, doesn't 
> execute any "<install ...>" commands.
>
> I guess you didn't install 0.8.0.1 with WPKG?
>
>
> So, for you, just increasing the revision by one in the XML file 
> should trigger the upgrade.
>
> And, you can add more checks (for file size etc.).
>
>

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