Issue 4489 - Wrong Error Message if setup script missing
Summary: Wrong Error Message if setup script missing
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: PC Other OS
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: dirk.voelzke
QA Contact: issues@installation
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2002-05-04 16:06 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2008-05-18 00:01 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2002-05-04 16:06:18 UTC 
If the <instDir>/program/instdb.inf is missing, then setup program aborts 
giving the error message, that <instDir>/program/setup.inf is missing:

I aborted the installation during the Registration of the components on WinME 
(thought that the PC was hung because it took that long without obvious 
progress). After that I restarted the setup program from the installation 
directory, but it said, that the program has already been installed, and that I 
should use the setup program from the installed package. When I started that 
one, it gave the error message above, i.e. I could neither repair, nor install, 
nor deinstall the package.

I installed then the package on another PC (same OS), but still didn't find the 
mentioned "setup.inf". I saw however, that in the other (working) installation, 
there was this instdb.inf file, which was missing in my first, aborted 
installation. I copied the file over - and it worked.

As a proof, you only need to rename the instdb.inf in a working installation to 
something else and then start the setup program.

Stefan
Comment 1 Olaf Felka 2002-05-06 10:51:47 UTC 
Hi Olli,
he is right, we bring up an error message with the wrong content. I
think  we should give better (helpfull) information in our error messages.
Comment 2 stx123 2002-11-29 20:35:46 UTC 
reassigning to dirk - I don't think Oliver will work on these issues any more.
Comment 3 dirk.voelzke 2002-12-13 10:38:07 UTC 
Should be fixed in OOo 1.1 beta
Comment 4 ace_dent 2008-05-17 21:56:25 UTC 
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the
last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step
towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and
add any comments.

Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 5 ace_dent 2008-05-18 00:01:35 UTC 
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed.
A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM).

Regards,
Andrew