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Re: Shall setup.exe call rebaseall in postinstall?


On 12/08/2011 16:26, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> The next rebase application stores rebase data in a database in /etc.
> The corresponding rebaseall will use this feature.  The effect is that
> the existing DLLs are compared with the database, and only the DLLs
> which are new or result in collisions with other DLLs wil be rebased.
> In the end, all DLLs in the distro will be collision free.
> 
> The entire process only takes a couple of seconds, so I'm wondering if
> setup should call rebaseall explicitely at the end of the postinstall,
> or if we should add a postinstall script which does that all the time,
> kind of like the enforced _update_info_dir.  

  I always like having a get-out-of-jail-free card up my sleeve, so how about
having it as a third checkbox on the installation complete page alongside the
desktop/startmenu create icon checkboxes?

    cheers,
      DaveK


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