Well, there is always the DOS 3.3/4.0 way of doing things - Using SELECT.COM and REPLACE.EXE
I am willing to bet no one remembers updating DOS using REPLACE.EXE or installing DOS 4.0(1) using SELECT.COM -Tony On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:33 AM Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > I worry that the new FreeDOS installer is becoming too complex, trying to > do all things for every use case and every user. > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> > wrote: > >> Tying to decide what to do about a specific upgrade situation regarding >> package files. >> >> At present: >> >> DOSDIR is backed up. >> >> All packages that are going to be installed are removed before >> installation. >> >> Package data files are backed up. >> >> The the DOSDIR is purged. >> >> Package data files are restored. >> >> New packages are installed. >> >> Issue: >> >> Packages that have files in the DOSDIR, will lose those files. >> >> Solution 1: (Present behavior) >> >> Let the user worry about it, and let them do a remove/install of >> those packages later. >> >> Solution 2: >> >> Also, uninstall any packages that have any files that reside in >> the DOSDIR. >> >> Solution 3: >> >> Restore the missing files from the backup. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >
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