Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 05:07:46PM -0500, David A. Cobb wrote: > >>Charles Wilson wrote: >>>it occurs. (Perhaps upgrades of currently installed packages should >>>ALWAYS precede installation of new packages?) >>> >> >>I've had cases like this in another context and found the most >>straightforward solution is for (setup.exe) to do any uninstalls first, >>then any reinstalls, then everything else. This would also have saved a >>few shot toes when libncurses#n came out (I thin`). >> > > I've thought about suggesting the same thing but the problem with that > scenario is that if you cancel an installation, then all sorts of stuff > is uninstalled -- which probably isn't what you expected.
Probably not. But "cancel" at what point in the process? It's *real* hard to program an installation procedure that's robust in the face of a user clicking the "cancel" button in the middle. Even the "professional" packages are likely to barf. -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate. New PGP key 09/13/2001: :<http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=superbiskit> Fingerprint=0x{E7C6_4EE2_6B75_5BA3_C52E__77FA_63C3_9366_DCFB_229B} "By God's Grace I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner." --The Way of a Pilgrim, R. M. French [tr.] Potentially Viral Software is any software for which you are not allowed to examine the source. Do not buy or use Potentially Viral Software!
