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List:       kmymoney-devel
Subject:    Re: [Kmymoney-devel] odd backup error
From:       Thomas Baumgart <thb () net-bembel ! de>
Date:       2015-04-21 11:00:57
Message-ID: 2067857.sA3kEofG8x () thb-nb ! site
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Hi,

On Monday 20 April 2015 11:55:59 Cristian Oneț wrote:

> 2015-04-20 10:22 GMT+03:00 Thomas Baumgart <thb@net-bembel.de>:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Monday 20 April 2015 09:34:13 Cristian Oneț wrote:
> >> 2015-04-19 9:46 GMT+03:00 Thomas Baumgart <thb@net-bembel.de>:
> >> [...]
> >> 
> >> > Redirecting does not solve the issue. I change it to use 'true' which
> >> > is
> >> > POSIX compliant, so it should be available on other platforms as well.
> >> > I
> >> > doubt that the backup feature works on Windows the way it is
> >> > implemented
> >> > right now anyway. MacOSX should be no problem as it is more *NIX style.
> >> > I
> >> > bet Marco will chime in if he sees a problem.
> >> 
> >> On Windows the backup feature was working as expected since the
> >> installer provided a 'cp.exe' and an 'echo.exe' from the unixtools [1]
> >> package. If we backport your fix we have to update that.
> > 
> > Would it make sense to use 'echo.exe' on the Windows platform in the
> > meantime? What do you suggest?
> 
> The best option would be to write the code in a way that eliminates
> the need for a noop process stage. I can replace 'echo.exe' with
> 'true.exe' in the installer until this is no longer necessary.

Valid point, but it was not as easy as to do a s/echo/true/ ;)

Ok, please do the replacement for the next Win-Installer-Version. I won't 
change the source (unless I fix the feature for good as you suggest). Please 
cherry pick into the 4.7 branch if you like.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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