Re: SR-1 updater logic could be improved

[Dan Crevier]

On 4/4/01 8:46 PM, "Harry (lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> on 4/4/01 3:34 PM, Justin Mayer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately not the case. Simply copying and pasting a custom icon over the
>> existing Office application icons was enough to cause the update to fail.
> 
> No way, if it's smart enough to be able to figure this out, it should be
> smart enough to figure out what the right set of files is (especially if it
> finds files that fit within the right subfolder).
> 
> I'm starting to tend to agree that whoever designed and built that updater
> might not have been entirely clued in...
> 
> Let's just hope that these comments are being taken to heart, and a future
> updater will be smarter.

The updaters are behaving as intended.  They are designed to be
conservative.  If the user has messed with the files, there's no telling
what the result of their modifications plus the SR modifications will result
in.

Dan


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