Re: [Dev-C++] Bug with integrated web updater

[Marek J. <sp...@we...>]

seb_kramm wrote:
> Hello,
> I am encountering something strange about the integrated Web Updater.
> 
> I have ver 4.9.9.1 and want to upgrade to 4.9.9.2. After connecting to 
> the default server (planetmirror.com), I can select the update (941kb), 
> and download it. I then try to install it, and I get a message like:
> "Devcpp is currently open, close it first and retry"
> 
> (Well, of course it's open, since I'm currently using the embedded 
> update module...)
> 
> So, nevermind, I close DevCpp, but I can still not install it: the same 
> dialog box keeps popping in ("Devcpp is currently open,..."). If I hit 
> "Abandon", I get then another message box that says "self updating" with 
> a error sign, OK button, that's it.
> But nothing changed, still 4.9.9.1... (checked)

if you're running w2k then in task manager you'll see that it could be 
still running in memory for a very short period afre you closed it. so 
click retry couple more time and see if it helped. the program that asks 
you to close dev-c++ is not dev-c++, it's another process launched by 
dev-c++. I know that some people experienced problems if they installed 
dev-c++ in path with spaces like c:\program files\dev-cpp - this is 
known bug.
there are some substantial differences from 4.9.9.1 - for example new 
mingw with gcc 3.4.2. So you may want to try clean uninstall and then 
using installer to install 4.9.9.2. After you install, I would also 
recommend upgrading gdb to 6.3.1 - 
http://www.devpaks.org/show.php?devpak=184 . It fixes some problems with 
debugging (version 5 has problems with binary formats). gdb version 6 
also fixes the problem with setting breakpoints in constructors

anyway, unless you have you dev-c++ in path with spaces, when you close 
your dev-c++, click retry couple more times and it should work

> 
> (Of course, I made sure I had no other instance open...)
> 
> So here are the questions:
> 
> -Where (path) is the downloaded package stored before installation. It's 
> not that it's too big, but I just hate using bandwith for something I 
> already have on my HD.
> Is it the file "DevCpp.Update" that appeared, just about 942 kb ...?

correct. just rename it to devcpp.exe. it's also available here:
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dev-cpp/devcpp.exe
if you have devcpp.map from previous version, please remove it or 
replacing it with this one:
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dev-cpp/devcpp.map
this is debug info and it has to match version of exe

> 
> - If it is, how do I use (install) it ? Just rename to .exe ? Pass it to 
> "updater.exe" ? Maybe it could be an idea giving some clues about that 
> in the devcpp online help...

just rename it to devcpp.exe

> 
> - Am I the only one to have problems with that, or is it a known bug ?

first please let me know if the above helped

> 
> This is not the first time I have problems to update DevCpp, previously, 
> I silently downloaded the entire package on bloodshed.net, but this time 
> I thought I might tell about it, cause I think it is a great 
> functionality, it works fine for updating other things than the devcpp 
> kernel.

aside from that, I found a problem with updating packman.exe.
if you look here:
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/devcpp/
there's PackMan.exe and Packman.exe.
I believe webupdate points to PackMan.exe which is older version.
the newer is Packman.exe

we're working on moving this repository to sf.net

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thanks,
Marek