Re: [Jython-dev] Installer test

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[Robert W. Bill]

>Installer test results:
>
>platforms:
>	Linux 2.2.12 (redhad 6.1, 6.2 and 'mixed' linux)
>		Blackdown 1.2.2
>		IBMJava2-13
>	Solaris 2.8, SunOS 5.8
>		Sun jdk 1.1.8
>
>Linux:
>	-If file already exists: error dialog is just an empty
>	 dialog box.

Ouch. I recall a lot of portability problem around modal dialogs.

>	-Generated scripts do not work- check CR-LF

Right. Fixed in next tryout.

>	-frequent "Java Object Monitor Dump" after
>	 jython_template.usix_sh convert then aborts
>	 installer

Does anyone know what causes this?

>	-jre used without jre option selected during install

For javasofts java2 the java.home is set to .../jdk1.2.1/jre (at least
on windows). So the executable used will be .../jdk1.2.1/jre/bin/java
even when jre isn't selected. The jre option controls only the name of
the executable, it's either java or jre. I believe the option only make
sense for the jdk1.1 series.

>Solaris:
>	-Hangs after copying of files is complete- no trace 
>	 (thats odd)

A file (the README.txt) was missing from the archive. Perhaps some bad
error handling caused the hang.

>	-Disregards selected paths and puts everything in 
>	 /usr/doc/jython-2.0pa0/

A feature that occurs when installing as root user. I have disabled this
feature in the next installer.

>	-Generated scripts do not work- CR-LF?
>	-jre set in generated scripts without jre options
>	 selected during install
>
>Note: Many linux webservers are without gui (all mine are).
>Is the DISPLAY (as in variable- not yelling :) necessary?  Can
>liftOff detect and do console install for this case? 

I'm not sure it can detect it, but it should support some kind of
non-gui mode, perhaps enable with a command line option. But LiftOff
does not (yet) support non-gui installation.

>I know I
>sound like a throw-back or gui-luddite, but I thought it worth
>mentioning.
>
>Is this the type of info that is helpful?  

Absolutely.

>Should
>corrected scripts be forwarded to compare with generated
>scripts that do not work- or are others way ahead of me? 

No need so far. I'll ask if I need the necessary changes.

regards,
finn