Re: [wpkg-users] wpkgExpress Error [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
You need to change your config.xml file to point to the correct URLs for the
3 files (packages, profiles, and hosts). The default values are for
wpkg_web, not wpkgExpress, and won't work. Please take a look at the
following page in the project wiki for more information:
http://code.google.com/p/wpkgexpress/wiki/UsingWithWPKG
On 2/22/10, Michael Chinn michael.ch...@gbrmpa.gov.au wrote:
wpkgExpress, when trying to connect to the Base profile (wpkg.js
/synchronize /dryrun /base:http://wpkg.server/)
Im getting a
*Unrecoverable error:*
Error details dump:
$method = string(17) missingController
$params = array(1) { [0]= array(4) { [className]= string(28)
ProfilesXmlOut.phpController [webroot]= string(1) / [url]=
string(20) profiles_xml_out.php [base]= string(0) } }
I cant seem to find what this is, any ideas?
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Re: [wpkg-users] test packages upgrades
On 12/20/09, Andrea Zagli aza...@libero.it wrote: how can i do to test packages upgrades on only one test machine before to propagate the upgrade to all others production machines? Some people use a virtual machine (or more than one?) to test package/profile/host changes before deploying them to real machines. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] client only selecting 1 profile
On 10/20/09, Jacob Jarick jacob.jar...@amdel.com wrote: The client appears to have come good again after some testing. I shall keep a close eye on this and report if any more issues occur. -Original Message- From: wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Jacob Jarick Sent: Tuesday, 20 October 2009 2:49 PM To: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: [wpkg-users] client only selecting 1 profile 2009-10-20 14:45:29, DEBUG : Profiles applying to the current host:|clients_all| I have my test host WL0046, it only matches my profile CLIENTS_ALL (host regexp .+ ) if there are no other profiles matching it. If I add a profile called TESTING (host regexp WL0046) it only applys testing. I am using the latest wpkgexpress as well as the latest stable wpkg client, has anyone else struck this issue ? There is a bug with regards to importing XML files in the current revision. It may or may not be related to the problem you're having, but I thought I'd give you a heads up on it (there is an issue raised about this in the project site). This bug causes certain XML documents to be parsed incorrectly such that the results of the parse are missing XML nodes completely and/or the parsed results are formatted incorrectly. This bug was introduced when I upgraded the version of CakePHP that wpkgExpress is packaged with to the latest stable version (1.2.5 as of this writing). I have already submitted a ticket, and recently a patch, to CakePHP's developers that from my testing, successfully fixes this bug. I plan on having a new release available by the end of the week. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg-express +Linux
On 10/20/09, Hans-Werner Friedemann h-w.friedem...@vds-herzberg.de wrote: Hi @ all which Linux-Distribution should I choose to run wpkg-express on it!? Just about any should do, as long as you have Apache and a supported database system. From what I've seen thus far, many people choose Ubuntu Server Edition or Debian. I've personally used them both plus CentOS as well as XAMPP for Linux (and Windows for that matter). - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] wiki broken for anyone else ?
On 10/6/09, Jacob Jarick jacob.jar...@amdel.com wrote: http://wpkg.org/ Broken how? Seems to work fine for me. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] which frontend to use
I also use xampp on both Windows and Linux when developing wpkgExpress. AFAIK I didn't have to make any configuration changes specifically for wpkgExpress to make it work. On 9/21/09, Jacob Jarick jacob.jar...@amdel.com wrote: No worries, I will try and work through them :) I appreciate documentation is the last / most anoying thing to get around to in any project (certianly the case for my projects). Keep up the good work. wpkgexpress does look like it will be perfect once I have it running. Im using xampp atm, about to scrap and try fresh again - if I get it working I will post my steps. Cheers :) -- *From:* mscdex [mailto:msc...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, 21 September 2009 2:07 PM *To:* Jacob Jarick *Cc:* wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org *Subject:* Re: [wpkg-users] which frontend to use wpkgExpress comes with CakePHP, so there is no need to install it first. There are several existing issues with both with the wiki/documentation and the code itself that do need investigating and/or fixing. However, I admit I haven't had much free time to devote to the project for awhile because work and education have been consuming the majority of my time. On 9/21/09, Jacob Jarick jacob.jar...@amdel.com wrote: Im trying to configure the frontends. http://code.google.com/p/wpkgexpress/ seems to need cakePHP installed first (not just a datasource like its 2 step install instructions claim). http://wpkg.linuxkidd.com/ this one just fails expecting configuration of the mysql db but no explanation on what to configure. error: Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'unattended'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\xampplite\htdocs\connect.php on line 17 Cannot connect : Access denied for user 'unattended'@'localhost' (using password: YES) Is there any complete documentation on setting either of these up ? Thanks Jacob Jarick Systems Administrator/ Software Engineer Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd 58 Sorbonne Cr, Canning Vale WA 6155 Helpdesk: 1800 992 908 Tel: +61 (0) 8 9456 6469 Email :jacob.jar...@amdel.com Web :http://www.bureauveritas.com.au - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [Bug 171] User notification does not work on Vista
On 9/4/09, Rainer Meier r.me...@wpkg.org wrote: We already know that especially on Windows Vista and newer we have troubles with the logon delay feature. Including such actions into wpkg.js seems not to be a good idea; I prefer wpkg.js to be as stable and reliable as possible and leaving such fancy stuff up to tools invoking wpkg.js. In case of failure or changes on OS/System level there is much less impact and lots of possibilities for work-around to get the core working. What about implementing some sort of an event-hook notification functionality where wpkg.js could call functions located in separate JS file(s) (if available), so that custom solutions could be used. For example, when wpkg.js detects that changes (whether installation, upgrades, or removal) need to be made to the system, it could call the appropriate pre-determined function in the external JS file. This external JS function could then perform any kind of action, including using a custom message solution to let the user know what's going on. If none of these event hook external JS files are found or the callback functions themselves are not found, then wpkg.js would just continue on as normal. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Question on configurations of Firefox / IE
On 7/28/09, Pendl Stefan stefan.pe...@haidlmair.at wrote: I would not recommend downloading this system file from the net, but instead use the version installed with your Windows version. Which OS are you using? From my experience it does not come installed with XP. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [OT] wpkgExpress first release
Sorry, the DOM extension must be enabled also. XAMPP has this enabled by default, so it never occurred to me to mention it. I'll be editing the project page with this information as soon as google disables read-only mode. On 7/8/09, luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it wrote: mscdex msc...@gmail.com scritti il 07/07/2009 18.25.17 On 7/7/09, luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it wrote: Finally I managed to make it work. I enabled mod_alias and mod_rewrite. I have now another problem: when I import a package.xml, I have this error: Fatal error: Class 'DOMDocument' not found in /srv/www/htdocs/wpkgExpress/import.functions.php on line 896 wpkgExpress requires PHP 5.0.2 or newer. I have this: mangane...@lisrv3:~ php -v PHP 5.2.5 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Apr 23 2008 23:35:28) Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies does it need a particular module? - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [OT] wpkgExpress first release
On 7/7/09, luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it wrote: Finally I managed to make it work. I enabled mod_alias and mod_rewrite. I have now another problem: when I import a package.xml, I have this error: Fatal error: Class 'DOMDocument' not found in /srv/www/htdocs/wpkgExpress/import.functions.php on line 896 wpkgExpress requires PHP 5.0.2 or newer. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] wpkgExpress first release
On 7/2/09, Andreas Heinlein aheinl...@gmx.com wrote: Hello, can you give a short summary of the differences between wpkgExpress and wpkgWeb, and if wpkgWeb databases can be used/converted? Thank you, Andreas I can't give a very in-depth comparison since I have never actually used WPKG Web before, I've merely played with the online public installation a few times for awhile. One major difference is that wpkgExpress is actively maintained, and thus contains the latest features evident in the latest stable version of WPKG. Since I'm the developer of wpkgExpress, I'm biased, but in my opinion wpkgExpress offers a more clean (less cluttered and more straight-forward) layout and a better organization of the internal code due to the use of the CakePHP MVC framework. wpkgExpress also utilizes jQuery for quickly carrying out simple requests like deleting, re-ordering (i.e. for hosts index page or package checks and actions), sorting, and paging. About the only thing wpkgExpress currently lacks that WPKG Web has is download tag support. I will add in support for this in a future version of wpkgExpress. The decision to leave it out was made early on because I had simultaneously been working on a more sophisticated download tag (that utilized PHP in my implementation) that allowed for pluggable modules for different types of downloads (i.e. straight-up download like WPKG has now, except md5sums are compared to check/guess if the newly downloaded file is newer than the existing one; downloads from filehippo (ability to check version/date); downloads from download.com (ability to check version/date); etc). Each module has its own set of required and/or optional parameters, with some parameters being shared among all download modules. I wasn't sure if there was any interest in expanding the existing wpkg download tag to have this kind of functionality (using a JScript implementation of course), but I currently have a working proof of concept somewhere that simply reads in a packages.xml and acts (appropriate version/date checks and other actions vary upon module) on any existing download tags with the new/different/custom parameters. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [OT] wpkgExpress first release
On 6/29/09, luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it luca_mangane...@comune.trento.it wrote: from the CakePHP website: http://book.cakephp.org/view/34/Production I note that all the required files are not in the package... The only directory that is actually required for a CakePHP application is the /cake directory they show on that page. That is the directory which contains the CakePHP core, and I have that contained in the wpkgExpress archive (the cake subdirectory). It is a tad confusing because the page you linked to is setting up CakePHP to be used in a shared environment where you can have one single CakePHP core, but multiple applications in subdirectories (the /app directories). However, since I'm only bundling CakePHP with one application, I've configured it slightly differently. Rest assured though, all the required files are there :-) I greatly encourage any other questions/comments/concerns about wpkgExpress to be posted to the wpkgExpress Google group, so they can all be organized into one place. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [OT] wpkgExpress first release
On 6/27/09, Tomasz Chmielewski man...@wpkg.org wrote: mscdex wrote: I've uploaded a new release that should fix this infinite redirect problem. I have tested the fix locally on my laptop here. Also, there is now a google group for wpkgExpress here: http://groups.google.com/group/wpkgexpress-support Feel free to continue wpkgExpress discussions there. Should we add a link to the list to http://wpkg.org/Support? -- Tomasz Chmielewski I don't mind if you wish to add it on there. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [OT] wpkgExpress first release
I've received another report of this same infinite redirect problem, I'm going to be looking into it very soon. There is no mailing list just yet, I just setup the google code site the other week and am still in the process of getting related web resources setup. On 6/26/09, Falko Trojahn nospam...@smi-softmark.de wrote: Hello Brian, Hello all, I just thought I'd drop a line here and let everyone know I've released the first version of wpkgExpress. It is available for all to try out at the google code site here: http://code.google.com/p/wpkgexpress/ As I mentioned in my blog, I recognize there are places that could use additional work, but after a few clean installation tests of the project, I feel it is stable enough for release. I've yet to populate the wiki with any content since I just started setting up the site in the past week or so. I'm also learning mercurial (and DVCS/VCS also), so excuse some of the silly commits and such as I get accustomed to it. Feel free to create issues (be it enhancements or otherwise) in the issue tracker, especially for bug reports (and potential bug fixes ;-)). thanx for your work. But a short installation test did not succeed. I have apache 2.2, php 5.2.6 on debian lenny, mod rewrite is enabled and AllowOverride set to All (so that the .htaccess is used), but all I get is http://apache4/installer/setup_db - Redirect loop (in German: Umleitungsschleife) Could you post your apache configuration, please? BTW: have you setup a mailing list for wpkgExpress, as it's a bit off-topic here? Regards, Falko - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] [OT] wpkgExpress first release
I've uploaded a new release that should fix this infinite redirect problem. I have tested the fix locally on my laptop here. Also, there is now a google group for wpkgExpress here: http://groups.google.com/group/wpkgexpress-support Feel free to continue wpkgExpress discussions there. On 6/26/09, mscdex msc...@gmail.com wrote: I've received another report of this same infinite redirect problem, I'm going to be looking into it very soon. There is no mailing list just yet, I just setup the google code site the other week and am still in the process of getting related web resources setup. On 6/26/09, Falko Trojahn nospam...@smi-softmark.de wrote: Hello Brian, Hello all, I just thought I'd drop a line here and let everyone know I've released the first version of wpkgExpress. It is available for all to try out at the google code site here: http://code.google.com/p/wpkgexpress/ As I mentioned in my blog, I recognize there are places that could use additional work, but after a few clean installation tests of the project, I feel it is stable enough for release. I've yet to populate the wiki with any content since I just started setting up the site in the past week or so. I'm also learning mercurial (and DVCS/VCS also), so excuse some of the silly commits and such as I get accustomed to it. Feel free to create issues (be it enhancements or otherwise) in the issue tracker, especially for bug reports (and potential bug fixes ;-)). thanx for your work. But a short installation test did not succeed. I have apache 2.2, php 5.2.6 on debian lenny, mod rewrite is enabled and AllowOverride set to All (so that the .htaccess is used), but all I get is http://apache4/installer/setup_db - Redirect loop (in German: Umleitungsschleife) Could you post your apache configuration, please? BTW: have you setup a mailing list for wpkgExpress, as it's a bit off-topic here? Regards, Falko - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] wpkgExpress first release
On 6/25/09, mscdex msc...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/25/09, Tomasz Chmielewski man...@wpkg.org wrote: Nice. Do you have a live demo anywhere? Or, at least, screenshots? http://wpkg.org No live demo, but I'll try and get some more recent screenshots uploaded. I've now put up some quick links to v1.0 screenshots in the project site's wiki - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] Error in profiles.xsd
While finishing up some schema validation stuff for wpkgExpress, I noticed an error in profiles.xsd: 22 xsd:complexType name=profile snip 26 xsd:sequence 27 xsd:choice minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded 28 xsd:element ref=package 29 xsd:annotation 30 xsd:documentationAssigns a package to the profile./xsd:documentation 31 /xsd:annotation/xsd:element 32 /xsd:choice 33 xsd:choice minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded 34 xsd:element ref=depends 35 xsd:annotation 36 xsd:documentationDependency definition. Allows to refer to another profile which is included./xsd:documentation 37 /xsd:annotation/xsd:element 38 xsd:element ref=variable 39 xsd:annotation 40 xsd:documentationVariable definition./xsd:documentation 41 /xsd:annotation/xsd:element 42 /xsd:choice 43 /xsd:sequence snip 50 /xsd:complexType should be: 22 xsd:complexType name=profile snip 26 xsd:sequence 27 xsd:choice minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded 28 xsd:element ref=package 29 xsd:annotation 30 xsd:documentationAssigns a package to the profile./xsd:documentation 31 /xsd:annotation/xsd:element 32 xsd:element ref=depends 33 xsd:annotation 34 xsd:documentationDependency definition. Allows to refer to another profile which is included./xsd:documentation 35 /xsd:annotation/xsd:element 36 xsd:element ref=variable 37 xsd:annotation 38 xsd:documentationVariable definition./xsd:documentation 39 /xsd:annotation/xsd:element 40 /xsd:choice 41 /xsd:sequence snip 48 /xsd:complexType Without the change, a validation error will always occur. - Brian - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Error in profiles.xsd
What I think was happening was the schema validator (PHP5's schemaValidate method in this case) was using the last choice XML node it found within that sequence node. The reason I believe this is the case is because I had profiles that were referencing packages (like they generally should), and the error returned by libxml mentioned that the package XML nodes were unexpected, however it did not complain about any of the depends and variable XML nodes. The XSD files have been a great help in easily validating uploaded package/profile/host XML files for importing into wpkgExpress :-) On 6/17/09, Rainer Meier r.me...@wpkg.org wrote: Hi Brian, mscdex wrote: While finishing up some schema validation stuff for wpkgExpress, I noticed an error in profiles.xsd: ... Without the change, a validation error will always occur. I could not see exactly where there should be an error within the initial XSD. Of course it defined two choices for 0..n occurrences within the sequence but this should be valid (at least Eclipse and its validator did not complain about). However using two choice entries looks super fluent. So I decided to take over your change. http://wpkg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/wpkg/wpkg/stable/1.1/xsd/ Please note that wpkg.js does not use the XSD files for validation. There might be more issues too (it's the first time I wrote such an XSD file ;-)). Mainly I provided them to allow automatic assistance and for documentation reasons (the elements are well-described within the XSD annotations. br, Rainer - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Updated XML Schema for Packages
On 4/10/09, Rainer Meier r.me...@wpkg.org wrote: Please remember that wpkg.js does not yet make use of the XSD files. I've hacked them quickly in order to get some documentation. This is the reason it contains quite a lot of element documentation. I preferred to write a documented XSD instead of somehow not directly linked wiki pages. I agree that they probably need some major improvements. So please do not consider these XSD files as a part of the officially released WPKG toolset. I was mainly using the XSD outside of wpkg in wpkgExpress (the web frontend I'm working on) to validate during import. The older revision of the XSD is what I am currently using, as it more closely describes the current stable version (1.0.x). I'll take a look at the new updates in SVN. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] Updated XML Schema for Packages
Hello, I'm not sure if I'm jumping on this too early, but I thought I'd ask. I noticed that with the new version of WPKG, the schema for the packages was updated (packages.xsd). This new packages schema seems to break quite a bit with existing packages.xml files. One difference I found was the change in the depends element. It seems it now contains a string for its content and no attributes (package-id attribute is gone). Should the string content be the package id? Also, somewhat related, I noticed a packageReference type that was defined and contains a package-id attribute like the old depends, but it isn't used anywhere in any elements. Something else too, I noticed that with the previous (rev 20) and possibly with this new revision, both require the type attribute name of check elements to be all uppercase, which contradicts what the WPKG documentation shows, which has all lowercase. Changing it to uppercase solved the libxml errors I was getting before when validating against the previous schema, but it didn't seem to when validating against the new schema? I'm also getting other libxml errors that the path, value, and condition attributes of check elements are not allowed. I can post the simple packages.xml I'm using if necessary, but it _does_ validate against the previous schema (after changing the case on the type attribute names from type to TYPE of course). I'm using the latest xmllint and libxml for validation testing. Brian - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Make difference between 64-bit and 32bit Package according to installed OS?
On 2/15/09, Mathieu Simon mathieu@gmail.com wrote: While this solutions works fine you will need to have a good eye on packaging in mixed environments because you have to know, which host needs to get the x64 package and which the x86 one. Did I oversee something on the docs? Rainer has some .cmd files that allow you to set the name of the 32-bit and the 64-bit installer for a certain program. The .cmd does a rudimentary check for a 32-bit or 64-bit system and executes the appropriate installer. Here's an example of one of his package definitions along with his .cmd files from a previous post: Package example: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 ? packages package id='TortoiseSVN' name='TortoiseSVN' revision='156' priority='50' reboot='false' !-- TortoiseSVN -- check type='logical' condition='or' check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='TortoiseSVN 1.5.6.14908 (32 bit)' / check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='TortoiseSVN 1.5.6.14908 (64 bit)' / /check install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\software.free\TortoiseSVN v.1.5.6.14908\unattended.cmd' exit code='3010' / /install remove cmd='%SOFTWARE%\software.free\TortoiseSVN v.1.5.6.14908\unattended-uninstall.cmd' exit code='3010' / /remove upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\software.free\TortoiseSVN v.1.5.6.14908\unattended.cmd' exit code='3010' / /upgrade /package /packages unattended.cmd: @echo off set CMD32=TortoiseSVN-1.5.6.14908-win32-svn-1.5.5.msi set CMD64=TortoiseSVN-1.5.6.14908-x64-svn-1.5.5.msi set INSTALLER=install.cmd set INSTALLER_LOC=%~dp0 echo Installing TortoiseSVN call %INSTALLER_LOC%%INSTALLER% msiinstall %CMD32% %CMD64% unattended-uninstall.cmd: @echo off set CMD32=TortoiseSVN-1.5.5.14361-win32-svn-1.5.4.msi set CMD64=TortoiseSVN-1.5.5.14361-x64-svn-1.5.4.msi set INSTALLER=install.cmd set INSTALLER_LOC=%~dp0 echo Removing TortoiseSVN call %INSTALLER_LOC%%INSTALLER% msiuninstall %CMD32% %CMD64% install.cmd: @echo off REM Usage: REM msiinstall.cmd type 32-bit-installer 64-bit-installer [installer-location [custom-options]] REM where type is one of REM msiinstall Install the given MSI package REM msiuninstall Uninstall the given MSI package REM install4j Install4J setup REM innosetup Inno setup REM installshield Install shield REM nsis Nullsoft install system (NSIS) REM custom Custom installer - options required in this case REM 32-bit-installer Full file name (including extension) of 32-bit installer REM 64-bit-installer Full file name (including extension) of 64-bit installer REM installer-location Path where the installers are stored, if empty assumes directory where install.cmd is REM custom-options Replace the default installer options with the ones given REM Global variables set INSTALL_CMD= set EXIT_CODE=0 REM Get command type set TYPE=%~1 REM Get 32-bit installer name set CMD32=%~2 REM Get 64-bit installer name set CMD64=%~3 REM get file path set INSTALLER_PATH=%~dp0 if not %~4 == ( set INSTALLER_PATH=%~4 ) set OPTIONS= if not %~5 == ( set OPTIONS=%~5 ) REM Detect which system is used if not %ProgramFiles(x86)% == goto 64bit goto 32bit REM ## REM 64-bit system detected REM ## :64bit REM Determine 64-bit installer to be used echo 64-bit system detected. REM set INSTALLER64= if not %CMD64% == ( set INSTALLER64=%CMD64% ) else ( REM Use 32-bit installer if available, no 64-bit installer available. if not %CMD32% == ( echo Using 32-bit installer, no 64-bit installer specified. set INSTALLER64=%CMD32% ) else ( echo Neither 64-bit nor 32-bit installer specified. Exiting. goto usage ) ) REM Check if installer is valid if exist %INSTALLER_PATH%%INSTALLER64% ( set INSTALL_CMD=%INSTALLER_PATH%%INSTALLER64% ) else ( echo Installer %INSTALLER_PATH%%INSTALLER64% cannot be found! Exiting. exit /B 97 ) goto installerselection REM ## REM 32-bit system detected REM ## :32bit REM Determine 32-bit installer to be used echo 32-bit system detected. set INSTALLER32= if not %CMD32% == ( set INSTALLER32=%CMD32% ) else ( echo No 32-bit installer specified. Exiting. exit /B 96 ) REM Check if installer is valid if exist %INSTALLER_PATH%%INSTALLER32% ( set INSTALL_CMD=%INSTALLER_PATH%%INSTALLER32% ) else ( echo Installer %INSTALLER_PATH%%INSTALLER32% cannot be found! Exiting. exit /B 95 ) goto installerselection REM ## REM select installer system REM ## :installerselection if /i %TYPE% == msiinstallgoto msiinstaller if /i %TYPE% == msiuninstall goto msiuninstaller if /i %TYPE% == install4j
Re: [wpkg-users] Stopping installations being called each time WPKG runs...
On 2/10/09, Rainer Meier r.me...@wpkg.org wrote: Most of them can be worked around by installing them on a reference system (or virtual machine) and just re-package them with 7-zip self extractor or similar. Then crate a small batch script whcih is silently extracting it, registering some DLL or adding registry keys. Removing is simple: Just delete the program directory. Whenever I encounter installers like this or even when I would rather not deal with installers in particular situations, I use UniExtract to extract the application files from the installer (works pretty good for many different types and versions of installers). This saves you from having to install them just to obtain the necessary files. Also, the tool seems to extract installer scripts and such too. You can look at those to see what other changes it makes to the system (registry, etc) and then make those appropriate changes manually when creating the batch/cmd files to do the installation. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Can't have download functionnality working
On 1/28/09, Tomasz Chmielewski man...@wpkg.org wrote: Nicolas LEBRUN schrieb: Thanks Rainer, for this answer... Actually, I think I won't use wpkg_web anymore ... or try to see if a minor adaptation of wpkg-web could repair... Just hope another front-end to wpkg will appear ... In fact, I personnaly don't need it but some admins in our high schools would appreciate... You may check wpkgExpress: http://mscdex.blogspot.com/search/label/wpkg I didn't use it, so can't tell much about it - any feedback, screenshots, working demo... here on the list would be appreciated. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users Hello, I'm the one who is working on wpkgExpress. I'd like to get a couple more things implemented before a beta release is made. Regarding the download functionality, over the Christmas break I worked on a PHP-based modular download system (works in conjunction with a download tag) that provides fairly decent, extensible download support. It's not integrated with wpkgExpress and can be used separately. To date, I've only created modules for download.com and filehippo (which is based on the bash script by John Price that was made available on this list awhile back), as well as a simple download module that essentially works similarly to what the current wpkg download tag does. I will try and package it up as soon as I can and make it available online for those who are interested. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG and Windows SteadyState Disk Protection
On 1/5/09, Jason Castonguay jason.castong...@gmail.com wrote: The thing I'd like to see is to be able to install Steadystate and enable Windows Disk Protection, via WPKG. I believe installing is possible, but AFAIK there is no easy way to automate WDP. According to the SteadyState handbook ( http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/2/6/d261b347-2f03-4bcf-8240-8b7a66beef8a/Windows%20SteadyState%20Handbook.pdf) if you have the latest version of SteadyState, you can use sctui.exe (located in Program Files/Windows SteadyState) to enable/disable WDP as well as obtain current status info and more via WMI. From the handbook: --Command-line Parameters-- _DisableWDPAndReboot_ Disables and uninstalls Windows Disk Protection. This process requires three restarts to: 1. Clear the cache. 2. Commit changes made to the computer that remove the Windows Disk Protection driver. 3. Finish uninstalling Windows Disk Protection. Example: sctui /DisableWDPAndReboot _EnableWDPAndReboot_ Installs and enables Windows Disk Protection. A console window opens to show status messages during installation. If installation was successful, the system is automatically restarted to complete enabling Windows Disk Protection. Example: sctui /EnableWDPAndReboot - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG and Windows SteadyState Disk Protection
I ran into a similar situation when I was working with a small network that was using deep freeze. I ended up modifying wpkg.js in the relevant places where a successful package installation/removal/upgrade/downgrade has been detected, etc. In those places, I had it call a custom jscript function of mine to do the freezing (and reboot possibly, I can't remember now) of the hard disk after all was said and done. I also put in a call to a custom jscript function to do a thaw (and reboot) first only if wpkg detected that work needed to be done (packages needed to be removed, installed, etc). That may not be the most elegant solution, but I couldn't find any neater way to do it. On 1/5/09, Josh Frome jfr...@maildev.slcpl.org wrote: Hello, I'm new to WPKG and was wondering if anyone had tips for integrating Microsoft's SteadyState disk protection. More specifically, SteadyState is configured to remove any changes the the hard drive (a la Deep Freeze, etc) and requires a registry change and reboot to write/save changes to the hard drive. I have a script that will perform the registry modification and reboot, but I am looking for a way to only call the script when WPKG has made a change (install/uninstall, etc) and not every time WPKG runs (i.e. using a post-action). What would be the best approach to find out if WPKG has installed/uninstalled packages and if so, enable a reboot script? Thanks, Josh -- Josh Frome Network Administrator Salt Lake City Public Library 801.524.8282 - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Import registry keys does not work...
I don't know if it's the same issue, but i've had registry imports report success even when the user that executed the import didn't have sufficient privileges to save changes to the registry. Can the user you're executing these install actions as, manually commit changes to the registry via regedit? On 12/25/08, Jens Wurster j...@zaubercenter.de wrote: Hi, here is my log file: 2008-12-25 19:50:39, INFO : Installing 'Test' (test)... 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Reading variables from package 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Reading variables from package Test 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Stored 0 variables from package 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Reading variables from profile[s] 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Getting profiles which apply to this node. 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : 1 profiles apply to this host. 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Reading variables from profile default 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Reading variables from host .+ 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Install type: install 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Fetched 4 install command(s). 2008-12-25 19:50:39, DEBUG : Executing command : cmd /c reg import %PACKAGES%\PSPad\PSPad.reg 2008-12-25 19:50:42, DEBUG : Command in installation of Test returned exit code [0]. Success. 2008-12-25 19:50:42, DEBUG : Executing command : cmd /c regedit /s %PACKAGES%\PSPad\PSPad.reg 2008-12-25 19:50:44, DEBUG : Command in installation of Test returned exit code [0]. Success. 2008-12-25 19:50:44, DEBUG : Executing command : reg import %PACKAGES%\PSPad\PSPad.reg 2008-12-25 19:50:46, DEBUG : Command in installation of Test returned exit code [0]. Success. 2008-12-25 19:50:46, DEBUG : Executing command : regedit /s %PACKAGES%\PSPad\PSPad.reg 2008-12-25 19:50:48, DEBUG : Command in installation of Test returned exit code [0]. Success. 2008-12-25 19:50:48, DEBUG : Removing currently existing settings node first: 'Test' (test), Revision 1 2008-12-25 19:50:48, DEBUG : Adding settings node: 'Test' (test), Revision 1 2008-12-25 19:50:48, INFO : Processing (install) of Test successful. Everything seems to be ok, but the keys weren't added to the registry... :-( Thanks Jens Was the command actually started? What does your log show? BTW, you're missing a check condition. If you don't want to use any, look at this page: http://wpkg.org/Execute_once_/_always -- Tomasz Chmielewski - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Import registry keys does not work...
I believe I used a utility called CPAU to do HKCU registry imports for users other than the one I was logged in as. It has some other nice options over the runas command. On 12/25/08, Jens Wurster j...@zaubercenter.de wrote: Yes, HKCU. Okay, I recognize my mistake: SYSTEM User and HKCU. That can't work. Right? So how can I add registry entries to a special user account? Thanks Jens Tomasz Chmielewski man...@wpkg.org hat am 25. Dezember 2008 um 23:42 geschrieben: Jens Wurster schrieb: I use the WPKG Client. The WPKG execution context user is set to SYSTEM. If I start the script manually with my admin account, it works! Where is the problem with the client? What registry entries are you trying to add? HKCU? -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] documentation
Just to note, config.xml can also be found in the wpkg release zip file on wpkg.org. According to latest wpkg stable release (1.0.2) source code, when using an http_base it downloads three xml files. That's one xml file per type: packages, profiles, hosts. On 12/18/08, W. Chris Shank shan...@acetechgroup.com wrote: ok - i found the config.xml file in the SVN sources, so I'm getting more info now. One thing, does anyone know if when using a http base you can still use the empty packages.xml and have a subdir called packages and have all individual softwarepackage.xml in it? -- -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group www.myRemoteITdept.com - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] getting started
On 10/13/08, Kevin McMahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot for the quick response! I guess I am still a bit confused on why there is host.xml profile.xml and packages.xml if there are folders which should contain these files as well. I finally got it to work by deleting the *.xml file inside of the packages folder and just using the wpkg\packages.xml file for install instead of duplicating it by also using wpkg\packages\*.xml I also renamed the host, profile and package ids to be a bit more descriptive so that I could figure out what was calling what. Thanks again, -Kevin Regarding the XML files, you can choose to do it one way or the other. On one hand you can put all of your package definitions into a single package.xml, all hosts into one hosts.xml, etc. OR you can separate each package out, each host out, etc. into individual xml files that are placed in the respective folders. I personally use the second method, just because it's a little easier for me to manage as I don't have to go scrolling through an entire xml file to find the package (or host or profile) definition I want to change. This is especially handy when you have a large collection of package/host/profile definitions. I hope that makes more sense. Brian - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] deploy to a pilot group first?
Why not just create a new profile (called pilot or something) that contains the package to test, and then in your hosts.xml add this new profile to selected hosts that are to pilot the new package. You would still have to create a separate package entry with a unique id of course, but that's the way I would go about it. On 9/23/08, Kent Tong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Falko Trojahn-2 wrote: - increase the revision number, so nothing on the existing clients is changed, only the text file will be created/removed - create a new, at least identical package, say mypackage2; assign it to the test group, remove mypackage from the same group Hi Falko, Thanks for your reply! Take the mypackage2 as an example, will it use the same package id as mypackage? - -- Kent Tong Wicket tutorials freely available at http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDW Axis2 tutorials freely available at http://www.agileskills2.org/DWSAA -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/deploy-to-a-pilot-group-first--tp19620583p19622617.html Sent from the WPKG - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Basic Question
Regarding the dots on revision, AFAIK revision should always be an integer, not a decimal or string. So I'd leave periods out of the revision value. On 9/4/08, Ronnie Carlos Tavares Nunes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I would like understand how I have to do for wpkg install new updates. Follow the scenario: I have the following thunderbird package: packages package id=thunderbird name=Mozilla Thunderbird revision=20014 reboot=false priority=9 check type=uninstall condition=exists path=Mozilla Thunderbird (2.0.0.14) / install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\thunderbird\Thunderbird Setup 2.0.0.14.exe -ms' / upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\thunderbird\Thunderbird Setup 2.0.0.14.exe -ms' / remove cmd='%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Thunderbird\uninstall\uninstall.exe -ms' / /package /packages Now I want install the Thunderbird 2.0.0.16. Question: Must I change revision to 2.0.0.16 and change all lines (check type, install cmd, upgrade cmd, remove cmd) to Thunderbird Setup 2.0.0.16.exe and put the archive on the path /software? I can put the dots on revision or leave like is it? Thanks, Ronnie. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Your system is in need of an update...
If you are referring to WPKG Web, you need to execute the mysql commands listed in the db/schema.sql file first. On 8/21/08, Daniel Herr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all! First of all I never used an online-mailing-list before, so I hope I'm doing anything right. This is the 2nd time I write this e-mail and I think I've got to get a new mail provider, since I send the old one to an non existing address and couldn't find it neither in my send objects nor in my sending folders, as it seems it has been deleted... Anyway I'm working for a local company this summer, for a month, and they set me to deploy WPKG for them. I successfully managed to write all packages and I'm not in the middle of the task to make them work with WPKG_WEB. Since this was the first time I ever used MySQL I followed each steps of this tutorial: http://www.expertsrt.com/tutorials/Matt/install-apache.html . I successfully setup up both, the apache and the MySQL Server. Experienced some minor problems during it, eg. couldn't connect, but got them all fixed. Unfortunately now I've run across an error I don't know what to do with. When connected to localhost:8080/index.php Your system is in need of an update... Cannot select pack_id,count(pack_id) as cnt from pack_checks group by pack_id --- Table 'ibdata1.pack_checks' doesn't exist MySQL and Apache are up and running, I can even connect and display the phpinfo.php page. Help would be greatly appreciated, Daniel Herr! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%22Your-system-is-in-need-of-an-update...-tp19086222p19086222.html Sent from the WPKG - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] new web-based wpkg manager
Thank you for the suggestions. Regarding the XML import/export, I'm not sure what the purpose of this would be? The way I imagined the frontend to be was that it would work directly with the xml files on disk and none of that information would be stored in a database. XSD looks like it could indeed be useful. Personally I have never used XSDs, so I'd have to learn the format, but that shouldn't be a problem really. Your templates idea is a good one. One of the ideas I had been thinking about recently was the possibility of having a central repository that would hold packages. These would include not just the actual xml contents of the wpkg package itself but also metadata like any sort of possible software requirements needed by install/upgrade/remove steps (e.g. pskill, taskkill, or any other utility) or other things they should know about the package. Network administrators using the web interface could then pull in these packages from the repository at the click of a button and have it inserted into the packages directory or packages.xml file. This would save a step or two and might make things a little more streamlined. Ajax is something I had already planned on using. As you mentioned, operations like re-ordering priorities of packages, checks, and other things would greatly benefit from functionality like this and allow the opportunity to be much more efficient. As far as usability is concerned, I'm thinking about using an MVC framework ala CakePHP. This way, if for some reason the default view does not work a user generated template can be used instead. Although I will aim to create a useful default interface from the get-go, I think having that option on the table might be appealing to some? Brian On 8/3/08, Rainer Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, mscdex wrote: Lately I've been tinkering with the idea of creating a new web-based utility to manage wpkg profiles, packages, etc. The existing wpkg web utility is outdated (last updated in mid-2007ish) and the maintainer for it appears to be no longer active. I believe having a decent (and active) frontend project would help a lot of people, even those of us who don't mind manually modifying XML files and such. It might even allow many of us to sell wpkg to some of our clients by showing them how easy it is to manage software deployment (for free!) I absolutely agree. Personally I am still using WPKG WEB even if it is unmaintained and I cannot use some features introduced by myself into WPKG ;-) In fact I could export the XML files at any time and continue to use XML files. I don't mind editing XML files but WPKG WEB provides a more nice interface and it is good if some GUI is available to show to some administrators looking for a software deployment tool like WPKG. So I really support the idea to develop a new web-based package management tool. So now let's list some suggestions: - XML import/export I think it is important to support exporting the resulting XML files. This helps for debugging or in case somebody will switch from GUI to manual XML edit. The import feature seems to be very important to me in order to support smooth migration. Probably it does not make much sense to migrate the current WPKG WEB database but just export all XML files from WPKG WEB and then import the XML files to the new GUI. - Support XSD I worked on some XSD files to define the syntax of package and other WPKG XML files. By loading the XSD file within the GUI it should be possible to provide an editor which displays a nice GUI with pull-down lists for enumerated lists, check field contents by XSD definition and so on. I am also thinking about a kind of advanced button on the package edit page which would allow to insert/edit all attributes according to XSD (in case the GUI does display only the most frequently used ones). This would allow to support new syntax, attributes and nodes even if they did not exist when the GUI was created. There might be a plain-XML tab/button as well to allow direct edit of the XML source (which is of course validated by XSD). This could even convince hard-core XML administrators to use the GUI as it offers full flexibility to them. - Templates Most packages are based on a small number of installers. For example NSIS, MSI and InnoSetup are very common. It would be nice if there would be some (customizable and extensible) templates available to the administrator. So one could click on create new NSIS package and a new package which already includes %SOFTWARE\softXY\setup.exe /S as the installer command and the likely. - Ajax Well, nice buzzword. I hate buzzwords. But in this case I see some very nice use cases. The current WPKG web interface for example allows to re-order checks or commands. However continously clicking on the ^ or v button to move an item up or down is annoying. The same applies for different sections of the XML files. I like the tabbed interface of WPKG
[wpkg-users] new web-based wpkg manager
Lately I've been tinkering with the idea of creating a new web-based utility to manage wpkg profiles, packages, etc. The existing wpkg web utility is outdated (last updated in mid-2007ish) and the maintainer for it appears to be no longer active. I believe having a decent (and active) frontend project would help a lot of people, even those of us who don't mind manually modifying XML files and such. It might even allow many of us to sell wpkg to some of our clients by showing them how easy it is to manage software deployment (for free!) I have some ideas floating around but I thought I'd post here and see if there are any specific features or functionality any of you would especially like to see in a frontend like this. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] WPKG.Utility
Nice work. I just looked through the .wsc and noticed that in the header you mention an isBlank function which doesn't exist. It should read isEmpty. I was also thinking maybe the isEmpty function could be modified so that it could work with Arrays as well as Strings. Keep up the good work. - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] auto-configuring adblock plus firefox extension
I tried reaching the author of the adblock plus extension for firefox, but haven't received any replies so I thought I might ask here if anyone out there has been able to achieve this. I read the wiki page for firefox and installing extensions and themes, and one of the extension package examples listed is adblock plus. However, I was wondering if there is a way to automatically set up adblock plus so that the subscription selection window doesn't pop up when firefox restarts after installing the addon? None of the preferences that adblock plus provides via about:config allow for setting subscriptions, the closest I could find was some sort of subscription fallback? - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Message box for notifying users
I've added links to screenshots of what I have so far in my message class on the user contributed software wiki page. On 6/18/08, mscdex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree using the wpkg client service would do this, but I am looking to have the smallest footprint possible by having everything executed from a script on the server. From what I've seen in the wpkg client, I've already been able to implement its features that I'd be using for my situation, using WSH (things like before and after wpkg processing, running as an account with higher privileges to allow software installations/upgrades/removals, etc) or small console utilities run from the server. On 6/18/08, Tomasz Chmielewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mscdex schrieb: Right now the messages would work when wpkg.js is executed, after the user logs in. This situation is fine by me because I have certain domain groups assigned to at least a certain wpkg base profile (e.g. students, teachers, office staff) and so wpkg would need to be executed after logon. I have the client machine(s) set to not display the desktop shell until the logon scripts have completed and because of that all they see is a wallpaper background while wpkg is running (no sense in giving the user the idea wpkg is finished when it isn't, especially if an auto-reboot is required). I thought during this time if wpkg was performing any tasks, a useful message(s) could be shown so that the they do not assume the system has hung or has crashed. Also, I thought it would be especially nice to have a message displayed if an automatic reboot was needed after installing a new application/upgrade/removal, something like rebooting in 5 seconds... Wouldn't WPKG Client with logon delay enabled solve your problems, including rebooting in 5 seconds? Note that displaying custom messages is available in testing versions of wpkg.js and WPKG Client. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Message box for notifying users
I agree using the wpkg client service would do this, but I am looking to have the smallest footprint possible by having everything executed from a script on the server. From what I've seen in the wpkg client, I've already been able to implement its features that I'd be using for my situation, using WSH (things like before and after wpkg processing, running as an account with higher privileges to allow software installations/upgrades/removals, etc) or small console utilities run from the server. On 6/18/08, Tomasz Chmielewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mscdex schrieb: Right now the messages would work when wpkg.js is executed, after the user logs in. This situation is fine by me because I have certain domain groups assigned to at least a certain wpkg base profile (e.g. students, teachers, office staff) and so wpkg would need to be executed after logon. I have the client machine(s) set to not display the desktop shell until the logon scripts have completed and because of that all they see is a wallpaper background while wpkg is running (no sense in giving the user the idea wpkg is finished when it isn't, especially if an auto-reboot is required). I thought during this time if wpkg was performing any tasks, a useful message(s) could be shown so that the they do not assume the system has hung or has crashed. Also, I thought it would be especially nice to have a message displayed if an automatic reboot was needed after installing a new application/upgrade/removal, something like rebooting in 5 seconds... Wouldn't WPKG Client with logon delay enabled solve your problems, including rebooting in 5 seconds? Note that displaying custom messages is available in testing versions of wpkg.js and WPKG Client. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] Message box for notifying users
First off I'd like to thank the developer(s) of WPKG for all the hard work they've put into this. WPKG has proven to be extremely useful for a network I'm currently setting up. Recently while I was setting this network and WPKG up, I thought it would be nice to have a message window of sorts display to inform the user of what was happening while WPKG was executing. I noticed the messenger service is currently used to inform the user of status updates, but it seemed to take awhile to receive the message plus it'd be nice to have something that didn't depend on the messenger service and looked a bit nicer. So a few days ago or so I set out to code something in jscript that would accomplish just this. My solution makes use of Internet Explorer automation and works for IE5.00 through IE7 (on both Win2k (no/any service packs) and WinXP (tested with SP2)). The code could use some more work and I may clean it up and continue work on it in the following days, but I was mainly concerned about it displaying the same for all mentioned browser versions. My message box solution right now features the ability to simply specify an (optional) title bar/header as well as the message text. Both the background and foreground colors of the header and message text can be set, and the message text can be optionally centered. One last thing, on systems with IE7 installed I had to incorporate a workaround to get messages to look like they do in IE5 through IE6. The reason for this is because with IE7, there has been a security check put in place to keep scripts on websites from resizing less than 250px wide and 100px tall (and from setting certain unallowed window positions). Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a way to get around this using pure WSH scripting so I wrote a tiny little AutoIt script (and compiled it to exe form) that bypasses said limitations and it only executes when IE7 is detected. If anyone is interested in what I currently have, let me know and I'll see if I can host it somewhere. - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
