On Thursday, 4 August 2016 at 18:47:36 UTC, A D dev wrote:
Hi group,
Somewhat new to D.
What is the recommended procedure, if any, to upgrade my DMD
installation (on Windows, if that makes a difference)?
I.e. If I have 2.70.0 and I saw that 2.17.1 is out now, I can
look at the list of bug fixes and any new features in the new
version and decide whether I want to upgrade, or wait for
another version with more changes that matter to me. That is
not what my question is about. My question is about:
- should I just install the new version in the same directory,
over the old version, or do I need to uninstall the old version
first.
f you're running the installer, it will uninstall the previous
version for you. If you are doing it manually, I recommend you
delete the existing folder rather than overwriting it.
- if I have to first uninstall the old version, are there any
persistent setting for the compiler that I need to save before
the uninstall and then restore after the new install?
If you are compiling 64-bit programs, the installer will find the
Microsoft tools for you. If you are installing manually, you need
to edit sc.ini manually with the correct paths, so you'll want to
back up the existing sc.ini first in that case (or if you've made
any other edits to it).
