http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276
Summary: pre-download tag
Product: WPKG
Version: other
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: wpkg.js
AssignedTo: man...@wpkg.org
ReportedBy: rbos-w...@novylen.net
QAContact: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org
It would be helpful, for very large packages, if I could specify commands that
take place BEFORE the package install commands are executed, and can safely
time out without generating an error, and can run in a forked background
process.
For instance, copying Creative Suite from the central server with robocopy can
easily take over an hour if a couple hundred computers try to do it
simultaneously, and hit the timeout.
A <preinstall cmd='robocopy blah blah' /> could be forked off WPKG and deferred
until the next run. If, on the next run, the preinstall commands have
succeeded, then the <install> lines can run.
Alternatively, WPKG could look for any <preinstall> lines in outstanding
packages, execute them as background tasks, and allow them to run in the
background while available <install> lines run sequentially, then run the
particular packages' <install> as <preinstall> routines complete.
It would be especially helpful in situations where WPKG runs on startup. Any
long downloading operation can extend the run time unreasonably.
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