> The About box calls out to a COM server hosted by GoogleUpdate. I'm guessing that this code is alive and well in > Chromium, and will 'just work' if Google Chrome is installed (so GoogleUpdate is running)
I don't think that's the case here. The About box in Chromium will show error 1 before trying to launch the COM component. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 16:38, Mark Larson (Google) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2008/12/3 Matías <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Hi, >> >> I've noticed that since yesterday, Chromium builds have a working >> "checking for updates" in the about window. I'm wondering how is this >> supposed to work, since It doesn't seems to correctly detect new >> builds. >> I'm currently updating Chromium builds with the python script that vsk >> posted a few days ago (the second version, the one that checks in >> continuos builds). >> > > You probably have Google Chrome also installed on the machine. The About > box calls out to a COM server hosted by GoogleUpdate. I'm guessing that this > code is alive and well in Chromium, and will 'just work' if Google Chrome is > installed (so GoogleUpdate is running). > > It's probably worth disabling that in Chromium builds. > > It would be even cooler to replace it with something that downloaded the > latest update from http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/continuous/LATEST/(if > it's newer than what's running). > > Patches welcome, > Mark > > >> >> Cheers. >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
