Install check?

[Bill Baxter]

Nicolai Waniek wrote:
> Pragma wrote:
>> Nicolai Waniek wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I agree with you and as soon as I have some spare time (and a win32
>>> machine
>>> under my fingers) and if you guys wish it, i'll write an inno setup
>>> script for D
>>> so walter could package a Win32 installer. Inno Setup is for free, but
>>> i'll have
>>> to read the licence so there are no licence infringements.
>>>
>>> This could - of course - then be adopted by the tango team :)
>>>
>>> regards and give me some time, possibly I have some this evening
>> This made me think: would that script be responsible for looking at
>> ftp.digitalmars.com and installing any *newer* releases as well?
>>
>> This is one thing that's really missing - installing it the first time
>> is one thing, but keeping in sync is another.  So much software these
>> days "phones home" on demand*, so why not D?
>>
> 
> Well no, that wouldn't be possible with InnoSetup i guess, but it would be nice
> to have a software. Maybe i have a look at something like that because it seems
> as everyone has an inno script already ;)

The NSIS installer can do that kind of thing.  Of course you have to 
write the functionality mostly yourself, but it is possible.

--bb