InstallerNG in new AmigaOS 4

[chris]

InstallerNG is not fully compatible with the official Installer - it seems to report errors on perfectly valid code, such as the "(confirm)" option, depending on the values passed or not passed.

I should point out that I have never, ever, ever used InstallerNG, and the above is based on people trying to use my scripts with it, rather than with Installer.  Does ING support the new functions of Installer v44?  Are there actually any advantages at all of using ING rather than the official one?  Why replace a working program with a clone of it?

Chris

[chris]

I bet this is how M$ would do it, but it's not that simple. It also has to support uninstall cleanups because of inconsistencies made by users who manually "uninstall" programs. It should probably also store what versions of a particular library some application needs and wants. It should also support upgrading existing applications.

That is the way MS do it... or at least the way InstallShield handles things.  It tends to screw up if you reinstall without first deinstalling however.  Oh, and InstallShield doesn't seem to care about DLL versions.  On the Amiga you don't need to worry about these things, because libraries are always API compatible with older versions, and Installer does the version checking for you.

Chris