NSIS patching (multiple patches in one file) - patch

I'm able to generate patch files from one version to another using NSIS' Vpatch.
Let's say I have mydll.dll version 1, and I have a patch to update it to version 2. Then I have a new version again, thus I generate another patch to update it to version 3.
What bothers me though is, what if user cancels updating to version 2 and so forth. Then my latest version let's say is version 20. User decides to update to version 20. Is there a way to generate a patch that's like accumulative in nature? whereas user can jump from version any old version to the newest version (i.e ver 3 to ver 20) without passing through the versions in between?
I've read this line in vpatch's documentation ---> "if you want to be able to upgrade version 1 and 2 to version 3, you can put a 1 > 3 and 2 > 3 patch in one file." But how do I that?
What if I alread have like 30 versions. Does that mean I have to create a patch whose arguments are old files(versions 1-29) and new file(version20)?

I'd say you have two options:
Every time you have a new version you GENPAT a patch for every previous version to the new version
GENPAT just from New-1 to New (Appending to a patch file that already had New-2 to New-1 etc) and keep calling vpatch::vpatchfile at install-time till the return value is "OK, new version already installed" and not just "OK" (You don't need a archive of all old versions for this, but it will take longer for the user to apply the update if they had skipped many updates)

VPatch is an open source project in itself so you could ask in their forum. The guy wrote it says you can ask him questions. There is a link from his page to the email form: http://www.tibed.net/vpatch/

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Auto-renaming of new Archetypes objects (Plone 4) stopped to work

I have a Plone 4 site which stopped to rename new Archetypes objects; after creation (as something like /temp/portaltype.2015-04-23.1234567890) and saving the first changes, including giving it a title, it should be renamed to something nicer (/temp/an-object-with-a-meaningful-name), but this doesn't happen anymore.
Perhaps the problem arose when I applied some changes to update Plone from 4.3.3 to 4.3.4 (to make one step at a time); but I have inherited a long versions.cfg which is solely sorted by package names and doesn't include any hints why certain versions were chosen ...
I'm able to go back two months and have a version which does the renaming, but without more knowledge about what to look for, it will be a very time-consuming process of re-applying every single change, rebuilding, starting and testing; but there have not been any changes to my schema definitions. I have a temp browser which is involved in delivering the primary edit form. but this doesn't seem to be the case for the saving action.
Sadly I don't fully understand yet the mechanisms of the base_edit action which should - as far as I understand - call Archetypes.BaseObject.processForm and implicitly ._renameAfterCreation, so I'd be grateful for some pointers how to debug this. Thank you!
Update:
I have a few triggers in my product's configure.zcml, e.g.:
<subscriber
for=".content.portaltype.PortalType
Products.Archetypes.interfaces.IObjectInitializedEvent"
handler=".events.onInitPortalType"/>
… with, in events.py:
def onInitPortalType(self, event):
"""
Called after first edit of new objects?
"""
print '/// onInitPortalType(%(self)r, %(event)r)' % locals()
setInitialOwner(self, event)
setStateToPrivate(self, event)
However, the event doesn't seem to be triggered, since I couldn't find the output in an instance fg session.
Update 2:
I noticed that zope.event had been pinned to a quite old version (3.5.2), so I'm trying to update to 4.3.4 more seriously now (following this how-to). This got me zope.event v4.0.3, but I have a version conflict now:
There is a version conflict.
We already have: zc.recipe.egg 1.3.2.
While:
Installing.
Getting section test.
Initializing section test.
Installing recipe zc.recipe.testrunner.
There seems to be a requirement for zc.recipe.egg < 2dev somewhere, but I can't find it.
Nothing significant changed between Plone 4.3.3 and 4.3.4 on Archetypes. Products.Archetypes changed from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8 and Products.ATContentTypes remains on the same version.
Pointers could be:
There's a _at_rename_after_creation flag, which is True by default. This can be changed on the content type class.
Is your type still activated in portal_factorytool? (Afaik this should have no impact on renaming after creation - but who knows :-))
Any Products.Archetypes.interfaces.IObjectInitializedEvent subscriber?
Issue I had once was, that the tmp id portaltype.2015-04-23.1234567890 had the wrong format and AT did no recognise it as tmp id and therefore it did not rename it after creation. The method AT uses to check if the id is autogenerated --> https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.3.4/Products/CMFPlone/utils.py#L111 AFAIK the problem was, that the meta_type and portal_type was not the same anymore.

Qt - Don't append major version number to the end of executable/library name

How can I stop Qt from renaming my DLL to MyDLLName{MAJOR_VERSION_NUM}.dll?
This only happens when I set the VERSION in my project file, but I also want to set the version. For example, if I have:
VERSION = 1.2.3.4
And my library is named MyDll, it will create my DLL in the debug folder as MyDLL1.dll. If I take the version number away, it keeps the name as I want it (MyDLL.dll).
Thanks.
Use this:
CONFIG += skip_target_version_ext
See this answer (on SO) for why it is there: Why library name gets an additional 0 in its name?
You can "not-set" the version to remove it from the generated name, but are you sure you want to do that? (It's there to avoid DLL Hell.)
The "proper-answer" is that the LIB template is adding the version number.
Also, note:
VERSION is used to define VER_MAJ and VER_MIN
msvc_nmake generator adds /VERSION:major.minor to link flags if !empty
msvc_vcproj generate adds /VERSION:major.minor to link flags and MSVCPROJ_VERSION if !empty
You can explicitly set those yourself, or "unset" any of them.
You can explicitly remove the version number from the target name with the TARGET_EXT variable, for example, see: http://qt-project.org/faq/answer/how_can_i_add_version_information_to_my_application
If you want to create your own plugin to decide how to generate the target name (without the version number), you can make your own plugin as described in this answer (on SO): How to avoid having version numbers in .so file name

Xcode 4.1 — how to clone an app to make n distinct copies

I have an Xcode project that builds a tiny experimental C ocoa application, call it "foo.app", just as I want it. For evaluation purposes, I'd like to create 10 completely distinct copies, foo1.app, foo2.app, foo3.app ... foo10.app.
If I make two copies of foo.app, naming them fie.app and fum.app, when I run them, MacOS 10.7.x seems to identify them as identical. I'm fairly sure there's something besides the file name of an app that the OS uses for identification. (In fact, I'll be changing the file names to something completely different.) I think identification internally has to do with one or more of the user entries in Xcode's new project wizard. "Product Name" or a derivative thereof?
What I'm looking for is how to edit the right value in an existing project, to avoid going throughthe new project wizard 10 times and creating 10 different projects, if that's possible.
TIA
You need to change the bundle name and identifier in the project info.plist file. Specifically, the following entries:
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>${PRODUCT_NAME}</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>${EXECUTABLE_NAME}</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>xxx.yyy.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}</string>

aptana-studio 3 auto-complete problem with php

i use aptana-studio 3 on mac for coding php
my problem is auto-complete does not work
But it works well When I press ctrl-space
The second question
how i can change zen coding key from ctrl-e to ctrl-j
thanks and sorry for my bad English
To change the key-binding, you will have to edit the Zen-Coding 'Ruble'.
As far as I understand, you already have the Ruble in your installed set of Rubles. If not, you will need to grab by clicking 'Command -> Bundle Development -> Install Bundle' and select 'Zen Coding'.
Once you have the Ruble installed, follow the instructions on how to edit the Zen coding Ruble ( http://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/tis/Modifying+an+existing+Ruble ), and edit the 'expand_abbreviation.rb' file ( https://github.com/aptana/zen-coding.ruble/blob/master/commands/expand_abbreviation.rb ).
Note the cmd.key_binding.mac = "M1+E". You just need to set it as cmd.key_binding.mac = "M1+J" and restart the studio.
There has been recent work done in Aptana Studio in making content assist (auto-complete) pop up automatically more often across languages. This should improve in the 3.0.3 release. If you like, you can try beta versions of that by visiting here: http://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/tis/Changing+the+Update+Type

How do I trigger portal_quickinstaller.reinstallProducts form outside the Plone Site?

We're running a Zope server with an eventually large-ish number of Plone (4) sites. Every now and then, an extension product update comes along and requires a re-install to pick up changes in the profile settings, e.g. new content types.
Manually, this would mean clicking through to every Plone site's portal_quickinstaller, tick the products, press update. This is not very feasible if we're talking about dozens of sites, so I'm trying to automate this. Essentially so far, I have the following living as a Script(Python) in the Zope root:
a = context.restrictedTraverse('/')
p = a['Plone']
print p.getSiteManager()
qi = p.restrictedTraverse('portal_quickinstaller')
print qi
qi.reinstallProducts('LinguaPlone')
(Simplified; in reality I have a longer list instead of the single Plone instance, and I might want to reinstall a longer list of products.)
This fails with the following:
Module Products.CMFQuickInstallerTool.QuickInstallerTool, line 613, in uninstallProducts
Module Products.CMFQuickInstallerTool.InstalledProduct, line 272, in uninstall
Module Products.CMFQuickInstallerTool.InstalledProduct, line 351, in _cascadeRemove
AttributeError: 'BaseGlobalComponents' object has no attribute 'objectItems'
From my debugging attempts so far, the BaseGlobalComponents is the Zope SiteManager returned by the zope.component.getSiteManager. How do I convince quickinstaller to pick up the right one, i.e. the one from the Plone Site it's living in?
Alternatively, how would I go about automating re-installing products in a way that will remain vaguely feasible for larger installations? (ETA: I'm aware this is not the kind of thing you do automatically with a cronjob, but updates of inhouse-developed products can't be avoided, I'm afraid.)
Here's how to change the active local site manager. You won't be able to do this in Restricted Python, so you'll need to turn your Python script into an External Method or browser view.
from zope.app.component.hooks import setHooks, setSite
setHooks()
setSite(site)
The setHooks call only needs to be done once. In Zope 2.12 these calls should be imported instead from zope.site.hooks and in Zope 2.13 from zope.component.hooks.
Keep in mind that calling reinstallProducts is not appropriate for all add-on products, and not recommended unless you've carefully checked what reinstalling does and are sure it won't cause problems. Some products provide upgrade steps that run actions more selectively.
Disclaimer: are you sure you want to do this? Automatically reinstalling and upgrading products to the latest version, blindly and without any testing on a staging instance, is asking for trouble.
Anyway, you can do such a thing using XML-RPC and a little tweaking. This is how you install a product on a live running instance using XML-RPC:
>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(
"http://admin:passwd#localhost:8080/Plone/portal_quickinstaller"
)
>>> proxy.getProductVersion('Marshall')
'2.0'
>>> proxy.isProductInstalled('Marshall')
'False'
>>> proxy.installProduct('Marshall')
'Registry installed sucessfully.\n'
>>> proxy.isProductInstalled('Marshall')
'True'
To reinstall you need subclass Products.CMFQuickInstallerTool.QuickInstallerTool.py and provide you custom QuickInstallerTool with a method that has the keyword argument "reinstall" set as 'True' by default; something like:
442c442
< swallowExceptions=None, reinstall=False,
---
> swallowExceptions=None, reinstall=True,
452,457c452,457
< if self.isProductInstalled(p):
< prod = self._getOb(p)
< msg = ('This product is already installed, '
< 'please uninstall before reinstalling it.')
< prod.log(msg)
< return msg
---
> #if self.isProductInstalled(p):
> # prod = self._getOb(p)
> # msg = ('This product is already installed, '
> # 'please uninstall before reinstalling it.')
> # prod.log(msg)
> # return msg
Even better: provide your own method for gathering information about versions and reinstalling a product, compatible with the XML-RPC protocol (as you cannot pass keyword arguments).
There might be cleaner ways of doing this via XML-RPC, but portal_quickinstaller is not meant to be used in this way and there may be caveats. Use with caution.
I have got this python script in the Zope root of an instance with 7 Plone Sites. Looks pretty much the same as what you have. It might be that it only works on this Plone 2.5 site (yes, old), but I think it should work on 3.x and 4.x as well. Maybe an an innocent looking difference (that I am overlooking) causes the error in your script; maybe the restrictedTraverses that you do trip it up. (Script edited for clarity.)
SITES = ['site-1', 'site-2']
for site in SITES:
print "Reinstalling LinguaPlone in %s." % site
portal = context[site]
qi = portal.portal_quickinstaller
qi.reinstallProducts(['LinguaPlone'])
First don't do a reinstall it can break your website in many cases.
Next you have to consider that add-ons may provide an upgrade step (usually they will). Use the quickinstaller api to achieve this in PythonScript. It is good but it can also be achieved with a script on the file system. Check the examples here: http://svn.plone.org/svn/plone/plone.org/Products.PloneOrg/trunk/scripts/
Another solution can be to use the Selenium IDE to record the quickinstaller stuff in one site and make a copy paste the results of that tests to run it on another website (very weird isn't it ?)

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