Re: [TSVN] Re: Re: Nightly installation bug?

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:43:40 +0100, Simon Large <slarge@blazepoint.co.uk> wrote:
> "Erv Walter" wrote:
> > > We could simply generate the version number with our SubWCRev tool,
> > > i.e. the fourth part of the version number would then be the
> revision
> > > number.
> > >
> > That's what we were going to do also, but it didn't work. Windows
> > installer only looks at the first 3 parts of the version number and
> > ignores the fourth parth so 1.1.0.1842 = 1.1.0.1843 in the world of
> MSI :(
>
> Do you need (NewVersion > OldVersion) or simply (NewVersion !=
> OldVersion)? If it is the latter, you could swap the last 2 parts (in
> the nightly builds only).

AFAIK it's NewVersion>OldVersion, or the msi won't do an update at all
and refuse to install the older version.

> 1.1.1842.0 != 1.1.1843.0
>
> Yes, it's ho-ho-horrible.

:)

Stefan

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