Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-20 Thread Dave Hooper
> However, i still have to say yes when the node is restarted or stopped. Yes, that's because I haven't changed anything yet. There's only one of me and only so much time I can dedicate to improving freenet.exe, NodeConfig.exe and the installer, around my hectic lifestyle of getting the car fixed

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Schierl
Dave Hooper schrieb: > For me http://www.freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet.exe seems to be > giving out an old cached copy (yesterday's I believe) so you may need to > resort to trickery to actually get the latest freenet.exe. Try > http://www.beermex.com/@spc/freenet/freenet.exe yep. Now the

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-20 Thread Dave Hooper
> still yesterday's install. Did not try it today as i was not online > today. Yes, these were both fixed yesterday. d ___ devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Schierl
Michael Schierl schrieb: another thing - the new installer does not register .ref files (the old one did). Is that intended? However, the old registration has the wrong icon (in the new freenet.exe) and it does not work. (it shows a java window where all parameters scroll through) it did: "C:\Pr

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Hooper
> Erm, my experiences with WISE installer show me that taking a leaf out > of WISE's book (hope that's correct English) seems to be a bad idea. But > telling them here is quite off-topic... True, true... > when you click the config option, it starts java (to get default > config?) However, that's

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Michael Schierl
Dave Hooper schrieb: > I could always wrap it in quotes, of > course, but from my experience with other installer-builders (most notably > Wise) converting to short filenames is the most bullet proof. Erm, my experiences with WISE installer show me that taking a leaf out of WISE's book (hope tha

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Hooper
> Errm, is it really necessary to use 8.3 paths anywhere in communication > between 32-bit programs. When the path to the .exe contains spaces, put > it into "" marks. It's easier to convert a path to short filenames than it is to see if the path contains any spaces or path components with longer

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Michael Schierl
Dave Hooper schrieb: > You've stumbled across an excellent test! This seems to be a fault of the > NSIS engine (or perhaps a misunderstanding on my part - though quite why > NSIS should think C:\ is a short-filename approximation to > C:\Programme\Internet\Freenet_0.5 is beyond me!). Perhaps beca

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Frank v Waveren
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 05:33:35PM -0600, Glenn Crocker wrote: > I posted some webinstaller feedback earlier, but wasn't subscribed to devl > at the time, so it's waiting for moderator approval. If moderator approval > is never going to happen, I'll re-post. Moderator approval isn't going to happe

RE: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Glenn Crocker
Dave, I posted some webinstaller feedback earlier, but wasn't subscribed to devl at the time, so it's waiting for moderator approval. If moderator approval is never going to happen, I'll re-post. Specifically: You might want to test running the installer directly from the URL (rather than down

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Hooper
> But something different - I tried to install the freenet installer twice > into different directories (i.e. my first install was into the old > C:\Programme\Internet\Freenet 0.5, and i wanted to make a fresh install > to C:\Programme\Internet\Freenet_0.5 as well) and now it does some > strange th

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Hooper
> - it creates some ugly temporary files within c:\ > -> place them within the temporary installation dir > -> clean them up! they are left behind... Please let me know what operating system (and service pack) you're using, and also: what are the names of the files. I haven't seen this problem

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Michael Schierl
Dave Hooper schrieb: > of it. You could even write yourself a batch file that: > 1. Copies freenet.jar, freenet-ext.jar, and whatever else you want kept > 2. Runs freenet-webinstall.exe thx. But something different - I tried to install the freenet installer twice into different directories (i

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Hooper
> would it be possible to rename the old jar instead of overwring it? My > current updating is > > - stop node > - rename jar (with version number) > - run updater > - start node > > renaming the old jar to freenet-old.jar would be useful (and overwriting > that one if it exists) - not only if some

[freenet-dev] Re: New wininstaller

2003-02-19 Thread Michael Schierl
Dave Hooper schrieb: > > Oh, and one other goodie is that with the new webinstaller, the node is only > stopped so it can be restarted - the node still runs while it downloads the > latest freenet.jar, etc. would it be possible to rename the old jar instead of overwring it? My current updating is