Vincent Thank you for replying. I replied to this thread (r13691), since the original e-mail raised the question about missing dialogs, which was what I was experiencing.
F.Y.I. If you do a clean SVN build, the XML files in the install directory do not get created, and FileMon (SysInternals) show no access to XML files in the old location, only to AppData. I am curious about you statement about every user could install their own set of packages since Lazarus is statically linking the packages, not dynamic. So the executable is rebuilt every time a package is installed. Food for thought. Derek On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does this have to do with missing dialog fixed in r13691? > > Derek Edson schreef: > > I have just upgraded Lazarus from SVN revision 14914 to 15028 and the > > dialogs (Package dialogs, Tools->Configure build Lazarus, Environment > > and Editor options Debugger Options, Code Templates) no longer opened. > > > > This happened for me using both 32-bit XP (SP2) and Vista 64 (32-bit > > mode), but not under linux. > > > > I spent considerable time trying to fix the issue, included trying to > > revert to a previous build. Nothing worked. I eventually renamed the > > install directory, and loaded a new copy of Lazarus (via SVN). Copied > > the extra library directories and re-installed them (my previous efforts > > had lost some of the library definitions). Lazarus then ran with the > > installed packages. > > > > This issue mainly effect the packages and appeared to related to the > > migration of the XML files from the install root directory into > > AppData. Possibly having both the old and new XML files was a problem. > > > > Is there some change/enhancement that could be done to prevent this > > happening to other users? One thought was to remove the unused files. > > > > I think both should be there. The xml files in the lazarus directory are > the default files, the files in AppData are the user settings. > > > > The other question, moving to AppData I can understand, particularly on > > Vista, but you have moved all files under the current user. If the PC > > was to be shared (not an issue for me personally), then the installed > > package information is stored under the users personal profile, while > > the executable is stored in a shared location. I realize that changes > > cause problems, but should the installed packages be saved under "All > > Users" so that Lazarus will build consistently? > > > > I think every user can install his own sets of packages. When installing > Lazarus with an installer, it comes with a default set that is equal for > all users, initially. > > Thanks for the feedback. I don't have Vista and am running under an > account with administrator privileges on windows XP, so I really welcome > all input. > > Vincent > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- Derek Edson
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