[Firebird-devel] [ firebird-Bugs-910463 ] Help on Firebird setup command line switches

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Bugs item #910463, was opened at 2004-03-05 17:17
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Category: Installation - Server
Group: Feature request
Status: Open
Resolution: Postponed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ivan Prenosil (prenosil)
>Assigned to: Paul Reeves (paul_reeves)
Summary: Help on Firebird setup command line switches

Initial Comment:
It would be nice if Firebird's official setup program
has the ability to show list of its command line switches.

E.g. when specifying /? switch, list of available switches
would be printed (instead of running setup):

C:\> Firebird-1.5.0.4306-Win32.exe /?

/DIR="<instdir>"  - specifies install directory
/NORESTART  - do not force reboot after install
/COMPONENTS="ServerComponent,ClientComponent, ..."
/SILENT  - ...


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Comment By: Ivan Prenosil (prenosil)
Date: 2004-03-05 22:48

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Never used/studied Inno before, but what about something 
like this :

function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
  param: integer;
  help: boolean;
begin
  for param := 0 to ParamCount do
    if ParamStr(param) = '/?' then begin
      help := true;
      break;
    end;

  if help then begin
    MsgBox('Command line switches:' #13#13
      '/DIR="<instdir>"'#9'- specifies install directory' #13
      '/NORESTART'#9'- do not force reboot after install' #13
      '/COMPONENTS="ServerComponent,Client, ..."' #13
      '/SILENT  - ...',
      mbInformation, MB_OK);
      Result := false;
      Exit;
  end

  Result := true;
end;


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Comment By: Paul Reeves (paul_reeves)
Date: 2004-03-05 21:10

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It would be nice, but the command line install is an artefact of 
InnoSetup. You should probably put a feature request in with 
them. 
 
The switches are documented in the installation readme, 
which is available in all installs except client-only.  
 
The intention of the command-line setup is to allow developers 
to prepare an unattended install of Firebird via a control 
process (batch file or executable.) Under these circumstances 
the install readme ought to be adequate documentation.  
 
What would you suggest as a resolution of this request? I've 
marked it as postponed as it wont get fixed unless we switch 
from InnoSetup or InnoSetup supports the feature. Some of 
the other options (Invalid, Wont fix) seem a little harsh. 
 
 
Paul 
 
 
Paul 
 
 

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