Here's the rest of your answer.
The installer runs "rpm -q Win4Lin" and compares the results
with a file on the server and makes a determination to upgrade
or not to upgrade.
Mike
At 07:10 PM 7/10/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Thanks for the useful and clear reply Mike.
>
> This below seems to be the only bit left uncovered and intrigues me
>('Just one thing I still don't understand, Perry...!')
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Mike Badger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >>I've done this 3 times now with the same results. I've copied my
> >>original copy of 5.2.4 back from 'a safe place' and touched it, but
> >>still got the same behaviour. (How _does_ the installer check which
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>version is already installed, so I can stop this spurious download)
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>robert w hall
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