Re: Windows installer

[John W. Eaton]

On 01/10/2014 07:31 AM, Philip Nienhuis wrote:

> While we're here, the build_packages script may require some changes:
>
> 1. Many developers here think that packages shouldn't be loaded by default.
> So should the "-auto" flags be changed into "-noauto"?

I added -auto because I was trying to deliver something that would
have those packages loaded by default.  That's what my customer was
expecting.

> 3. The "-global" flag makes no difference, that is, not on my 3 Windows
> boxes; it can be dropped I think unless it works or is required on Mac OSX.
> Besides, the Windows installer makes shortcuts (Start Menu, desktop) for the
> current user only.

Doesn't -global put the packages and the package list in a directory
under $OCTAVE_HOME instead of the user's $HOME?  If compiled packages
are included in the installer, then I think this is what we need.
Also, I recall that the package list file uses absolute path names, so
those need to be patched up by the installer to match the actual
location of the installed files.

jwe