Auto-update does not change version number of directory

[Tom SAVELL]

I updated from Komodo 4.2 to 4.4.0 yesterday using the Help Menu->Check For Updates option.  This had me update to 4.3.0 first.  Then to 4.3.1.  Then to 4.3.2.  Finally, it updated to 4.4.0.

Then I noticed that the name of the directory and the desktop icon still said it was Komodo 4.2.  However, the executable is definitely 4.4.0.

This seems like an updater/installer bug.

-Tom

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[Trent Mick]

Tom SAVELL wrote:
>
> I updated from Komodo 4.2 to 4.4.0 yesterday using the Help Menu->Check
> For Updates option.  This had me update to 4.3.0 first.  Then to 4.3.1.
>  Then to 4.3.2.  Finally, it updated to 4.4.0.
>
> Then I noticed that the name of the directory and the desktop icon still
> said it was Komodo 4.2.  However, the executable is definitely 4.4.0.
>
> This seems like an updater/installer bug.

Yes, it is a known issue that was "fixed" in Komodo 4.3 -- I believe, I
may be wrong at that the fix was in the 4.4 alphas/betas.

Here the "fix" is to get it right from that point on rather than
getting, say, the Komodo 4.4 installer/updater to go back and clean up
old desktop shortcuts. We *could* (and should) fix Komodo's auto-update
to clean up old shortcuts, quick launch links, Start Menu program group
names and "Add/Remove Programs" meta data -- but haven't done that yet.

Regarding the install directory: the default install dir for 4.2
includes the ".2". Komodo's auto-update for 4.3 and 4.4 cannot *change*
the install directory after the fact.

To get everything very clean you could go to Start > Settings >
Add/Remove Programs and uninstall all versions of Komodo. Then install
Komodo 4.4. After that the directory names, shortcuts, etc. should be
correct for updates (*).

Sincerely,
Trent

(*) With the remaining exception that the version number in Add/Remove
Programs is still not being updated.

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[Tom SAVELL]

Thanks Trent,

If I remove all versions of Komodo, then reinstall 4.4.0, will it retain code snippets that I have placed in the toolbox?

-Tom

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07/08/2008 10:03 AM

To	Tom SAVELL <tcs@...>
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Subject	Re: [Komodo-discuss] Auto-update does not change version number of directory

Tom SAVELL wrote:
>
> I updated from Komodo 4.2 to 4.4.0 yesterday using the Help Menu->Check
> For Updates option.  This had me update to 4.3.0 first.  Then to 4.3.1.
>  Then to 4.3.2.  Finally, it updated to 4.4.0.
>
> Then I noticed that the name of the directory and the desktop icon still
> said it was Komodo 4.2.  However, the executable is definitely 4.4.0.
>
> This seems like an updater/installer bug.

Yes, it is a known issue that was "fixed" in Komodo 4.3 -- I believe, I
may be wrong at that the fix was in the 4.4 alphas/betas.

Here the "fix" is to get it right from that point on rather than
getting, say, the Komodo 4.4 installer/updater to go back and clean up
old desktop shortcuts. We *could* (and should) fix Komodo's auto-update
to clean up old shortcuts, quick launch links, Start Menu program group
names and "Add/Remove Programs" meta data -- but haven't done that yet.

Regarding the install directory: the default install dir for 4.2
includes the ".2". Komodo's auto-update for 4.3 and 4.4 cannot *change*
the install directory after the fact.

To get everything very clean you could go to Start > Settings >
Add/Remove Programs and uninstall all versions of Komodo. Then install
Komodo 4.4. After that the directory names, shortcuts, etc. should be
correct for updates (*).

Sincerely,
Trent

(*) With the remaining exception that the version number in Add/Remove
Programs is still not being updated.

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trentm at activestate.com

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[Trent Mick]

Tom SAVELL wrote:
>
> Thanks Trent,
>
> If I remove all versions of Komodo, then reinstall 4.4.0, will it retain
> code snippets that I have placed in the toolbox?

Yes. Those are stored in your "user data dir" outside of the Komodo
install area.

http://community.activestate.com/faq/komodo-file-locations


Trent

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