RE: [cobalt-developers] Package Un-installation issues on Qube 3

["Robert Walter" <rwalter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

Thanks for the feedback, I figured out what the issue is with
uninstalling software. Cobalt has a bug in their uninstall script which
messes up when your package name contains spaces in it. If you notice,
all of Cobalts packages are named like "Qube3-All-Security-4.0.1-13323"
with no spaces. This is contradicted in the sausalito manual on page
6-13 where the NameTag: variable clearly states that it can be an
Internationalizable package name string. To me string means "with
spaces". Anyhow, I have found that other packages with spaces in their
names also don't uninstall. Either way, Cobalt seems to have recognized
this as an issue. The package will uninstall if it is done manually by
it's OID# through the perl unistall script. So all is well. At least
with my package. Not with Cobalt's unistall script. Funny thing is, some
Qube's depending on version of OS can uninstall, so who knows.

In terms of writing your own stuff, keep at it. It will take reading the
Sausalito manual about 10 times before it all makes sense. Things that
help a lot are as follows....Copy a php page out of the
/usr/sausalito/ui/web/base/   folder of a page on the Qube that you are
familiar with. Then play with it slowly, see what changes what, and what
will break the whole page (breaking is easy to do!!) The architecture
gets really easy once you understand it. It will give you nightmares
till  you do.

Write anytime with any other issues.

Robert Walter
rwalter@xxxxxxxxx
Cyrius Automation Inc.
78 - 678 Citadel Drive
Port Coquitlam, BC
V3C6M7  CANADA



-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael
Stauber
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:26 PM
To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Package Un-installation issues on Qube
3


Hi Robert,

> I can't seem to get a package to un-install. Actually I seem to have 
> broken the un-install routine in the Qube 3 because I can't un-install

> any packages now.

Normally you define if a package as uninstallable in the packing_list of
the PKG itself. In specific the "Options" line does the trick:

PackageType:           complete
# options:
# uninstallable = you can uninstall the package
# refreshui     = will refresh the admin interface after installing
# refreshcce    = will refresh the backend after installing
Options:               uninstallable,refreshui,refreshcce

So the options "uninstallable,refreshui,refreshcce" will make sure that
after install the ui and cce are refreshed, but "uninstallable" will
make sure that the package can be removed from within the GUI.

> I followed the Cobalt Sausalito Developers Guide to
> the letter(that could be the issue). But I still seem to have broke 
> something. The un-installer in the Qube UI just hangs at "Initializing

> 0%".

> Anybody have any ideas???? If anyone has a simple mod file for me to 
> look at for examples, I would be very appreciative.

I'm also looking for examples for creating additions to the GUI
interface. I have read DTN14-0-1.pdf and SSDK.pdf multiple times, but as
good as that documentation might be, it sucks big time when it comes to
examples or working sample code. The sample PKG Slush-Barn is also a
more of a waste of time as it lacks the sources, the *.mo locale file
and the specfile.

Could you perhaps help me some pointers or sample code for the GUI
stuff?

Just today I spent another six hours tinkering with Sausalito by trying
to stuff a sample page into the GUI and couldn't get it to work. The
entire affair really looks like its a no-brainer at first glimpse, but
the absolute lack of samples and the wide scope of tiny - but important
- bits of information which the manuals don't cover makes Sausalito a
horrible affair.

Sun Cobalt praises Sausalito as open source standard, but I wonder if
they didn't do things this way with that horrible documentation to keep
third parties away from messing with the internals. :o(

--

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

Michael Stauber
mstauber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unix/Linux Support Engineer

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