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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:53:47 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: A couple of setup.exe nits
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Rob,

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 12:32:06AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Tishler [mailto:jason AT tishler DOT net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:23 AM
> > 
> > 1. setup.exe no longer responds to Windows messages during 
> > postinstall.
> > 
> > I noticed this because one of my postinstall scripts did a 
> > SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, ...) which caused a deadlock 
> > situation. I changed to PostMessage() to workaround the 
> > problem.  Note that Task Manager also indicates a status of 
> > "Not Responding".
> 
> Hmm, do we care? (Seriously, do we?/should we?)

I don't know.  However, this is a change in behavior and one that can
cause deadlocks and make Task Manager "unhappy."

> > 2. /etc/setup/installed.db indicates files end with ".bz2" 
> > regardless of
> >    their true suffix.
> 
> Which files? The list files or the package files? If the package files,
> then that is purely for backwards compatability with older setup's to
> ensure that they still parse it correctly. The canonical package name
> was never used for anything that isn't present elsewhere anyway.

Package files.  From the above, I guess that there is no need to worry.

Thanks,
Jason