Re: [Alphacocoa-devel] update problems

[Joachim K. <ko...@ma...>]

> I need more input to debug this updating problem. I’m surprised that
>  you have a message related to vcsRun(done) because the updating
> process does not use the svn console any longer.

I saw the new update status window once, but then I got an error,
and then I downloaded a new Alpha and afterwards I only got the
old svnConsole.

> Furthermore there is no such command as alpha::restartAlpha and I
> can’t figure out where it comes from.

I see.  Surely I am using an outdated binary, but I just
downloaded it from SoruceForge, so maybe there is an old
version there?

> So I have two questions:

> - how did you trigger the developer checkout (is it just by selecting
> the appropriate command from the "Update Alpha" menu) ?

Yes.

> - if the new mechanism got an error, you should have something in the
> file ~/Library/Logs/AlphaTcl/upgradeAlpha.log. Is there something
> useful therein ?

No, there is no such file.
>
> Now, regarding the relaunch issue, it just means that the core has to
> be recompiled. As a workaround, you could try to modify the
> minCoreVersion variable in the file AlphaVersionInfo.tcl and set it
> to 9.0.2: variable minCoreVersion 9.0.2 This will avoid the annoying
> message about Alpha being too old, but I can’t guarantee that
> everything will work properly since the core would be left
> unchanged.

OK, this worked (after manual quit and relaunch).

Cheers,
Joachim.