Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] buildbot failure in Windows 2003 (IA32)

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From: Andrew Hood <ajhood@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:17:19 +1000
Ulf Lamping wrote:
> buildbot-do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> The Buildbot has detected a new failure of Windows 2003 (IA32).
>>
>> Buildbot URL: http://buildbot.ethereal.com/
>>
>> Build Reason: changes
>> Build Source Stamp: 412
>> Blamelist: ulfl
>>
>> BUILD FAILED: failed package
>>
>>  
>>
> Hi!
> 
> The latest NSIS installer (2.07) changed the syntax of the
> SetCompression setting, making the solid setting no longer default :-(
> 
> Without using the /SOLID parameter, current NSIS will now build the
> Ethereal installer about 1MB larger than before.

Where does this /SOLID parm go?

> Unfortunately, using the /SOLID parameter with "old" NSIS version will
> result in the reported error message.
> 
> We could:
> - force our users (including the buildbot) to upgrade to NSIS 2.07 (my
> favourite)

I've just tried a fresh install of 2.08 (never had NSIS on the box
before) and it falls over because it couldn't find GetWindowsVersion.nsh

I found it in the NSIS help as an example, pasted the text into
packaging/nsis/GetWindowsVersion.nsh and the build completed

> - find a way to circumvent this (but that makes the script even more
> complicated than it currently is), by adding a setting to config.nmake
> 
> I think simply increasing installer size of more than 1MB isn't a real
> option ...



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