Release D 2.090.0

suncarpet suncarpet at firemail.cc
Thu Jan 9 00:56:52 UTC 2020


On Wednesday, 8 January 2020 at 12:13:50 UTC, Simen Kjærås wrote:
> Something seems to be wrong with the 2.090.0 Windows installer. 
> After successfully installing, it proceeds to delete every file 
> it has just added.
>
> Looking closely at how it happens, it seems that it might 
> actually be caused by the uninstaller deleting itself and the 
> directory it's in. If I wait long after the previous version 
> has been uninstalled before clicking 'next', it doesn't happen.
>
> So, how to reproduce:
>
> 1) have a previous DMD version installed
> 2) start the 2.090.0 installer
> 3) answer yes to uninstalling the previous version
> 4) quickly finish installing 2.090.0
>
> If you do this with the install folder open in an explorer 
> window, you should see the files disappearing during the 
> uninstall of the previous version, until the only item in the D 
> folder is uninstall.exe. As the new install proceeds more files 
> and folders will be added, and finally they will all be deleted 
> again, sometimes leaving an empty folders, other times a 
> partial installation (I've only once managed to get a partial 
> installation).
>
> --
>   Simen
Through three iterations, I couldn't reproduce this problem by 
following the provided steps. I used checksums of a clean 2.090.0 
installation to ensure there was no partial installation after 
each upgrade. ╮( ̄ω ̄;)╭


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