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Re: [ANN] CodeWarrior v 8.3 update for Macintosh

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From: David Rehring
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 04:09
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In article <mwron-E16816.21491514112002@enews.newsguy.com>,
 MW Ron <mwron@metrowerks.com> wrote:

> In article <drehring-D2562E.14422414112002@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net>,
>  David Rehring <drehring@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> >Well, from doing a fresh install, it seems that the CodeWarrior updaters 
> >don't work properly if you rename the IDE.
> 
> No they worked properly if you rename the IDE, that was the problem.  
> What you considered correctly and what the designers considered 
> correctly are two different things :)

I can't believe you are saying that it's proper and acceptable for an 
updater to fail to update one of the most important files in your 
product and still report success.

> > So, I've been using the 8.0 
> >IDE all along, with the various other components being updated properly.
> >
> >This is extremely lame for the installer to succeed, yet not actually 
> >perform the update correctly.
> 
> I wish if there was a component that didn't install it would say 
> installation failure and pop up the installer log and save you having to 
> read through it.

I did read through the 8.3 installer log.  There no mention of a file 
not found or an update problem.  And it's impossible for me as an 
end-user to know if a 'line' is missing from the log.

Later,
-- 
David Rehring                  Psychos do not explode when light hits
VP of Research and Development them, no matter how crazy they are...
Atimi Software, Inc.
www.atimi.com                  And totally insane guy!
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