nino wrote: > In short, SO installs patches like a pig that craves magnetic bits. I've > installed every patch since 8 came out and the last was patch 8. I > decided to check the HD after it was done and it was consuming 1GB of HD > space. This was ridiculous so I decided to poke my nose around to see > what was going on and I found the following, > > 1) SO keeps old versions of files around.
SO just keeps the *original* version of each patched file. This is to be able to deinstall the patch again and then get a working unpatched version. Without that deinstalling the patch would leave you with a totally useless, damaged SO. > 2) Even though the initial install specified that I wanted the EN-US > language installed, every patch installed after the initial install > continues to install every single language. That is an unfortunate side effect or the patching process (others would call this a bug ;-)). > I recommend the following, > 1) have the install script remove files that have been renamed - no > point in keeping them around. The insall script won't do that as I described. In case any user will try to do it manually: be aware that this will kill your SO installation in case you deinstall the patch. I never tested it but it also might prevent you from installing further patches as they usually first deinstall the old patch and if something goes wrong there (because the original files that shall be renamed back aren't available anymore) it's possible that the setup breaks and you will have a complete mess. > This should be cake to implement and not doing so is a huge mistake, IMHO. Well, sometimes even a piece of cake might be too big to swallow. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
