Autoinstall?

@broadblues

I missed that. I haven't been using it due to the nature of libraries and their symlinks amongst other things. I'm not sure a RollBack would actually work, but I'd assume it keeps the right datestamp when copying. That's also important.

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I haven't been using CopyStore. For now, it's been removing the old version before installing the new one, which also avoids creating a big mess.

If someone wants to keep an old version, they'd need to do a lot more manual work than CopyStore could provide. They need to backup .pc, -config, .la and header files, and not just of that library, but other dependent libraries. Someone interested in keeping older versions will have kept the other archives, at least up until the point that they're satisfied that the newer version is working properly.

@MickJT

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A quick test suggests that it does preserve the filestamp of the rolled back version.

So Ranger just got updated, but Amiupdate does not see it.
Ordinarily, I would have had no concerns getting it from os4depot and installing it myself. Now however with all this talk of manual installs confusing Amiupdate, I feel a little anxious

@ddni

You should be fine just installing it yourself. The only difference is that a RollBack won't be set up. It isn't going to prevent future updates. I'm guessing the reason you don't see the update is because it's not on the AmiUpdate list yet.

Thanks Mick.
I suppose that the download numbers on os4depot are less meaningful now given that many users get their updates from amiupdate?

@ddni

I'm not sure. I think some AmiUpdate downloads come down via OS4Depot and might be recorded in the numbers. You'd have to ask Orgin about that.

@ddni

Exactly the same here (and with the previous version as well). Although in AmiUpdate, Ranger is in my compatible programs list, it just didn't appear.

@Phantom
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If you want to see why a particular app doesn't appear to be updating on your system then set the VERBOSe swicth in Update prefs and look in ram:au.log after running the scan.

Search for the program your interseted in and it'll say why it's not found and how it looked for it.

Also realise the database has to be updated by the developer, there there will be a short delay between uploading to os4depot and updating the database, the length of that delay will depend on al sorts of hunman factors, it's not automatic.