Update-Installer/tools
Robert Knight 9d088dff86 Robustness improvements to the package generator
* Abort if running the zip tool fails
 * Abort if multiple file path rules match a given file
 * Remove part of the special updater binary handling - this needs to be reworked
 * Sort the file paths before feeding them to the zip tool, so that multiple runs with
   with the same set of files will generate the same packages
2011-09-01 15:56:26 +01:00
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config-template.json Change the package-map JSON file into a general config file which also specifies the name of the updater and path to the main binary. 2011-08-27 16:09:11 +01:00
create-packages.rb Robustness improvements to the package generator 2011-09-01 15:56:26 +01:00
README Change the package-map JSON file into a general config file which also specifies the name of the updater and path to the main binary. 2011-08-27 16:09:11 +01:00

This directory contains a set of tools for preparing auto-updates.

 * create-packages.rb

	Given a directory containing the set of files that make up a release,
	laid out as they are when installed and a JSON package config file,
	this tool generates a set of packages for the release
	and a file_list.xml listing all the files that make up the release.

 * config-template.json

    This is a template for the config file that specifies:

	- How to partition the files that make up an installed application
	  into packages.
	- The path of the main binary to run after the update completes
	- The name of the updater binary to download as part of the update

    This is the simplest possible package configuration, where all files for
	a release are placed in a single package.  This means that the whole
	package will need to be downloaded to install the update.