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| Date | 2012-01-18 11:27 +0000 |
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| From | cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Fresh packaging ideas |
| Message-ID | <8ece745352.cferris@cferris.freeuk.com> (permalink) |
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In message <a1788f84-acf4-4530-8707-d07bd6412d72@c20g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
wpb <w.blatchley@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2:04 pm, Chris Evans <ch...@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote:
> [snip how package manager can take control of previously installed
> software]
> > Why can't it do a file compare?
> > Date & length then if those agrees a file contents comparison.
> >
> > The only downside I can see is the speed of a file contents
> > comparison but a percentage hour glass could be used!
> >
> > Chris Evans
>
> True, it could do this to tell if the version installed and the
> version it would like to be installed are one and the same, and that
> would be a good thing to do. It doesn't help if the user has another
> version installed. The package manager can't then know which version
> is newer - its or the user's. Then some form of version probing has
> to come in, or a message telling the user to sort it out manually
> (not great).
>
What about making use of the 'header' space and provide info about the
!RunImage version number & whether ARM7 compatable ie &21 instead of
&20.
Info could be added after - for older progs.
Some way of telling RO4/6 and RO5 modules would be handy.
--
Colin Ferris Cornwall UK
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