Yes, both checks should be made (i.e. in console, library updated). We would much appreciate getting code for this kind of thing, thanks.
Chris On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > install 'qtide' replaced my jQt binaries fine. > > It may be that I last time I tried this the first time with the jqt > still running. That meant that although the test to see if it is > possible to write to the ~bin directory passed, when it actually came > to replacing the files already in use, that failed. The script doesn't > actually check to see if the files get changed and therefore reports > success. Adding a check to see if jqt is running, before updating > might work? > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree. Last time I upgraded my jqt binaries I ended up manually > > installing them because I couldn't seem to get them to overwrite the > > existing ones. I have my Windows j8 install in c:\Program > > Files\j64-801, and my Linux one in /opt/j64-801. Both need admin > > permissions to write to, which may complicate things. > > > > I can't be absolutely certain I didn't make a stupid error though so > > I'll test it out with more care tonight (I see that there are new > > binaries available!) > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:43 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> ... > >> > >> Looking at the code in install and getqtbin, it may be that in some > >>> instances, where old binaries already exist, they aren't being > >>> replaced by the new versions. You could try deleting/renaming/moving > >>> ~bin/jqt.exe and ~bin/jqt.dll before you run ( install 'qtide' ). > >>> > >> > >> Do you have an example of this? It should not be necessary to delete the > >> old jqt binaries first. > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
