what about md5'ing the files people download so if there is an unexpcted change it warns someone so a diffrent version does not break things. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick J. LoPresti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Barlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [Unattended] "Prepare" script in Cygwin environment
> "James Barlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > --13:40:38-- http://-o/ > > => `index.html' > > Resolving -o... failed: Host not found. > > That is doubly peculiar. First, the script uses "-O", not "-o". > Second, "-o" should be processed as an option. > > I am strongly inclined to rewrite the script in Perl, which will make > it easier to detect errors and to support other languages. > > It will also be portable between Unix and Windows. Perl's LWP module > provides an excellent interface for fetching URLs, and it is already > bundled with ActiveState Perl. > > Here is the basic idea. > > We will have lots of lines like this: > > $dl->{'enu'}->{'updates/ie6sp1/vbs56nenu.exe'} > = 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/IE60/Patch/Q318089/NT5XP/EN-US/vbs56 nen.exe'; > > Which allows other languages to play games like this: > > $dl->{'eng'}->{'updates/ie6sp1/vbs56neng.exe'} > = $dl->{'updates/ie6sp1/vbs56nenu.exe'}; > > ...which should be useful for cases where multiple languages are > supported by a single file. > > We can have command-line options to select which langauge(s) to > download: > > prepare.pl --lang enu,rus,nld > > Also, we can generate a warning for any "unexpected" files; maybe even > a switch to let the script remove them. This should help keep the > install share clean as updates come and go. > > I am hoping to find time to code up a prototype this weekend. > > - Pat > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
