bug in installer

[Ralf Habacker]

Saro Engels schrieb:
> There is a small bug in the installer:
> If I install packages which are downloaded from somewhere else, they are 
> not shown as installed.
>   
This belongs to external installers like .exe and msi.
> I haven't made a patch yet, I think we need to make something like a 
> registry test for installation (if there is no system interaction with 
> the registry, we can simply make up a package). This probably needs to 
> be included in the config.txt file since we probably cannot guess it.
>   
For msi packages the following would work:

1. run msiexec /i <package name>.
2. if return code is okay create a dummy bin manifest file to display 
the install state
3. if user want's to deinstall the package run msiexec /x <package_name>

for msi packages after installation there should be a link in the 
related package line to start the msi installer again for updating 
repairing and so one.
I don't know if such a way is available for exe installer.

Ralf