> o Under Win9x the path addition for OpenSSL and Apache should be in
> the old 8.3 format, but the setup uses long file names instead,
> even though in the install script all path modifications use
> the 8.3 format. Ugly bug (Oliver: perhaps you have an idea what
> this could be or a working example?)
I definitely would like to look at the InstallShield scripts.
Please, send me connect info to have my WinCVS access it.
Or a zipped archive of a snapshot somewhere, it's enough for a review.
By the way, I get the impression you have a bad feeling about long file
names. Why would you want to use 8.3 format everywhere in your install
script ? I see no reason for that. As well as the path addition in Win9X,
why should it be in old 8.3 format ? Those OSes do support the use of long
pathnames at the API level. Converting to what may be needed at the
filesystem level.
What's more FAT is now commonly RARE. Win98 users do format in FAT32 without
even thinking about it. And trully, does it makes even sense to run a
full-featured webserver like apache on a Windows 95 machine presumably
formatted in FAT ? Even if someone do answer yes at this question, yet there
are no problems in using long pathnames in InstallShield and in Apache
configuration files. When such a long path or file name is handed to a Win32
API, it will always be correctly handled.
Maybe I have missed the whole point of your problem, though.
So, let's have a look at the install script and let's see why the
repair/uninstall feature do gives you problems.
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Olivier Mascia T.I.P. Group SA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel S. Reichenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:32 AM
Subject: Some hints for installing the beta of release 1.0.0
> Hy,
>
> as the beta has been released, there are two minor problems with the
setup,
> which can easily be fixed:
>
> o The PHP4 apache module needs the ApacheCore.dll file which is
> installed in INSTALLDIR\Apache. You have to add the path to
> INSTALLDIR\Apache in your path settings
> For NT these have to be added in the system environment settings,
> 9x users should add this path in autoexec.bat.
> For Win2k i can`t make any statement, as i didn`t manage to install
> it yet. If anyone uses Win2k, please report how OpenSA works
> there. I`ll try to install a Win2k box here for testing but as my
> time is short...
> o Under Win9x the path addition for OpenSSL and Apache should be in
> the old 8.3 format, but the setup uses long file names instead,
> even though in the install script all path modifications use
> the 8.3 format. Ugly bug (Oliver: perhaps you have an idea what
> this could be or a working example?)
>
> I didn`t find more problems yet, Apache should run with both SSL
> and PHP4 apache module without problems after fixing these. Tests
> have been done under Win98 and NT4 Server with SP6.
>
> Daniel S. Reichenbach
> --
> Institut Ingenium GmbH
http://www.ingenium.de/
> Daniel Reichenbach
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
