On 29/09/2018 1:53 p.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
On 09/28/2018 12:04 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
On 9/28/18 10:31 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Am Freitag, den 28.09.2018, 16:13 +0200 schrieb Daniel:
Maybe there is a reason for 1) but
then the installer should tell the user to uninstall the old version
first not only under the conditions mentioned in the initial dialog
(see attached screen capture).
I agree. Or it should simply remove the prefixed binaries (maybe after
a warning).
I'll have to try to figuure out how to do that. I'm surprised that the
installer simply writes into the existing directory rather than
replacing it. That almost seems like a security issue.
So for now, we just remove LyX2.3.exe, etc. But should we just remove
the whole directory
before we begin the install? Who knows what other stuff there might be
in there?
Riki
I had a problem with Thunderbird so this may be largely a repeat of an
email just sent (or which I tried to send). LyX 2.3 (with a space) is
where LyX is installed; LyX2.3 (no space) is the user's directory for
preferences etc. As I understand it, a minor version upgrade should
overwrite the former but not touch the latter (if it already exists).
Yes, I see LyX2.3.exe is the binary in version 2.3.1. In 2.2.3 and
earlier it is just lyx.exe. This will be relevant when double-clicking
on a *.lyx file to open it (which I don't do as a rule, generally
opening LyX then finding the file from within LyX, so I hadn't noticed
this change in name).
Andrew
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