Re: SR-1 updater logic could be improved

[Dan Crevier]

On 4/5/01 7:37 AM, "Harry (lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> on 4/5/01 1:34 AM, Tim Mountford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Okay, but as I saw it the SR updater simply moved the old defunct copy to
>> the trash and replaced it with a new one, no? Ergo the modified app is no
>> longer an issue.
> 
> That's pretty much been my impression as well - the prior argumen would make
> sense if the updater were to engage in some full-scale patching of the
> original app, but best as I can tell, that is not the case.

Ok, it is being conservative in that it won't throw out whatever
modifications you made by throwing your modified app in the trash.  If it
just silently did this, the user would loose those changes and anything in
their system that depended on them might crash.

Dan


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