[wpkg-users] [Bug 129] Out of stack space

2008-09-04 Thread bugzilla-daemon
http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129 --- Comment #3 from Knud Ahrnell Albrechtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-09-04 21:57:37 --- Hi again That seemed to be the problem. i found a couple of recursive dependencies. After i corrected this it now works 100% - Thanks for the help :-) I thi

Re: [wpkg-users] Basic Question

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
mscdex schrieb: > 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. Also: here, with Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 the revision is also 20014 - but these two are not related in any other way than pur

[wpkg-users] [Bug 129] Out of stack space

2008-09-04 Thread bugzilla-daemon
http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129 --- Comment #2 from Knud Ahrnell Albrechtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-09-04 20:45:16 --- Hi again - I will try to look into the dependency thing you describe. And if this is not the problem i will try to find the exact number. Thanks /Knud --

Re: [wpkg-users] Basic Question

2008-09-04 Thread mscdex
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 upd

Re: [wpkg-users] Basic Question

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Ronnie Carlos Tavares Nunes schrieb: > 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: > > > id="thunderbird" > name="Mozilla Thunderbird" > revision="20014" > reboot="

Re: [wpkg-users] Basic Question

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Ronnie Carlos Tavares Nunes schrieb: > 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: > > > id="thunderbird" > name="Mozilla Thunderbird" > revision="20014" > reboot="

Re: [wpkg-users] reboot definition per host

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Florian Effenberger schrieb: > Hello, > > I was wondering how rebooting at the shutdown is handled. No special handling here. > WPKG Client > 1.3.5 seems to be able to install packages not at startup, but at > shutdown. How does it deal with reboots then? Can five packages where > each packages

Re: [wpkg-users] reboot definition per host

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Florian Effenberger schrieb: > Hello, > > I was wondering how rebooting at the shutdown is handled. No special handling here. > WPKG Client > 1.3.5 seems to be able to install packages not at startup, but at > shutdown. How does it deal with reboots then? Can five packages where > each packages

[wpkg-users] Basic Question

2008-09-04 Thread Ronnie Carlos Tavares Nunes
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: 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,

Re: [wpkg-users] remotely installing Vista from Linux

2008-09-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello Tomasz, Hello Rainer, as usual, thanks for your fast reply! I've had great success with the BINL server by Gianluigi and his work is just great. We used to use Unattended for Windows setup, but always had issues with kernels not supporting hardware, and then we eventually moved to the "nati

Re: [wpkg-users] remotely installing Vista from Linux

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Florian, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hello there, > > might be a little bit off-topic, but I think we have real experts on > this list, so I wanted to give it a try. ;-) Does anyone of you know > how to remotely install Vista from Linux? With XP, I've made great > experience with the free BIN

Re: [wpkg-users] Conditional installation of a package

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Johannes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Rainer, > > let me explain my scenario: > I have a bunch of different user groups: students, secretaries, > consultants, managers, developers, support people. > I created a hierachy in the profiles: >1st level: I grouped packages >2nd level:

Re: [wpkg-users] remotely installing Vista from Linux

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Florian Effenberger schrieb: > Hello there, > > might be a little bit off-topic, but I think we have real experts on > this list, so I wanted to give it a try. ;-) Does anyone of you know > how to remotely install Vista from Linux? With XP, I've made great > experience with the free BINL server fr

[wpkg-users] remotely installing Vista from Linux

2008-09-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello there, might be a little bit off-topic, but I think we have real experts on this list, so I wanted to give it a try. ;-) Does anyone of you know how to remotely install Vista from Linux? With XP, I've made great experience with the free BINL server from http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php,

Re: [wpkg-users] Conditional installation of a package

2008-09-04 Thread Johannes . Brix
Hello Rainer, let me explain my scenario: I have a bunch of different user groups: students, secretaries, consultants, managers, developers, support people. I created a hierachy in the profiles: 1st level: I grouped packages 2nd level: I grouped the packages for my different usergroups. T

Re: [wpkg-users] hosts.xml - is multi profile membership possible?

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Kamil, Kamil Maciejewski wrote: > Hello everyone, since I'm here, I'd like to ask my few questions: > 1. Is there some way to use NOT EXIST as condition to install package? > Why would I want to do this? Because I'd like to have packages that > would ony upgrade installed software without doi

[wpkg-users] hosts.xml - is multi profile membership possible?

2008-09-04 Thread Kamil Maciejewski
Hello everyone, since I'm here, I'd like to ask my few questions: 1. Is there some way to use NOT EXIST as condition to install package? Why would I want to do this? Because I'd like to have packages that would ony upgrade installed software without doing anything when the old version is not ins

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg.xml - how to delete or rebuild by wpkg

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Rainer Meier schrieb: > Hi Tomasz, > > Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >>> They should be updated when you increase package 'revision' tag >> >> It will start "upgrade" commands though. > > Correct. However this is not a problem at all usually. Most upgrade > instructions (running the installer in sil

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg.xml - how to delete or rebuild by wpkg

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Tomasz, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >> They should be updated when you increase package 'revision' tag > > It will start "upgrade" commands though. Correct. However this is not a problem at all usually. Most upgrade instructions (running the installer in silent mode again) can be run as many

Re: [wpkg-users] Conditional installation of a package

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Johannes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I just began working with WPKG one month ago. And in the meanwhile, I have > a bunch of questions. > Here is the first one: > > Is it possible to NOT install a package under some conditions like other > installed programs, OS level > and so on?

Re: [wpkg-users] Conditional reboot

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Johannes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it possible to make the reboot attribute conditional for a package ? > E.g. on some PCs I do not need to reboot and on others I want to reboot on > each package which is installed. If a package needs immediate reboot, please specify reboot=true, if a re

Re: [wpkg-users] Variables - where can I use them

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Johannes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I use variables ? > I mean in which section of a package, also for XML attributes, e.g. "reboot > ="? In general you can use variables for all commands and checks, mainly file paths are expanded using variables. You cannot use a variable within

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg.xml - how to delete or rebuild by wpkg

2008-09-04 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Kamil Maciejewski schrieb: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] pisze: >> I have modified some definitions for packages, especially the "remove" >> part. >> Is it possible to force a refresh of the local wpkg.xml file without >> deleting it? >> If not, is there a simple way to delete it ? >> >> If this file is not

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg.xml - how to delete or rebuild by wpkg

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Johannes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have modified some definitions for packages, especially the "remove" > part. > Is it possible to force a refresh of the local wpkg.xml file without > deleting it? > If not, is there a simple way to delete it ? > > If this file is not updated, it will work

Re: [wpkg-users] Is there anybody how has experiance with WPKG on Vista?

2008-09-04 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Johannes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there anybody how has experiance with WPKG on Vista? > If I run WPKG on Vista with the packages which work fine with XP, I fall > into problems. > It seems that the system user, which does the installation has not the > right level for installation. I am

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg.xml - how to delete or rebuild by wpkg

2008-09-04 Thread Kamil Maciejewski
[EMAIL PROTECTED] pisze: > I have modified some definitions for packages, especially the "remove" > part. > Is it possible to force a refresh of the local wpkg.xml file without > deleting it? > If not, is there a simple way to delete it ? > > If this file is not updated, it will work with the setti

[wpkg-users] Is there anybody how has experiance with WPKG on Vista?

2008-09-04 Thread Johannes . Brix
Is there anybody how has experiance with WPKG on Vista? If I run WPKG on Vista with the packages which work fine with XP, I fall into problems. It seems that the system user, which does the installation has not the right level for installation. -

[wpkg-users] wpkg.xml - how to delete or rebuild by wpkg

2008-09-04 Thread Johannes . Brix
I have modified some definitions for packages, especially the "remove" part. Is it possible to force a refresh of the local wpkg.xml file without deleting it? If not, is there a simple way to delete it ? If this file is not updated, it will work with the settings for update and remove which is wri

Re: [wpkg-users] Variables - where can I use them

2008-09-04 Thread Kamil Maciejewski
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[wpkg-users] Variables - where can I use them

2008-09-04 Thread Johannes . Brix
Where can I use variables ? I mean in which section of a package, also for XML attributes, e.g. "reboot ="? --- Johannes Brix, CISSP Phone:++49 (0)2 20 33 05 15 32 Senior Support Engineer

[wpkg-users] Conditional reboot

2008-09-04 Thread Johannes . Brix
Is it possible to make the reboot attribute conditional for a package ? E.g. on some PCs I do not need to reboot and on others I want to reboot on each package which is installed. Is it possible to use a variable here ? --- J

[wpkg-users] Conditional installation of a package

2008-09-04 Thread Johannes . Brix
Hello, I just began working with WPKG one month ago. And in the meanwhile, I have a bunch of questions. Here is the first one: Is it possible to NOT install a package under some conditions like other installed programs, OS level and so on?