OpenEuphoria

Re: Missing library

• Posted by "Kat" <gertie at visionsix.com> Jul 13, 2004
• 752 views

On 12 Jul 2004, at 16:21, rudy toews wrote:

> 
> 
> posted by: rudy toews <rltoews at ilos.net>
> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > 
> > Tommy Carlier wrote:
> > > 
> > > You sometimes download a program or library, just to find out some library
> > > is missing.
> > > 
> > > Wouldn't it be nice if there was some kind of search engine where you type
> > > in a filename and you get a link to the ZIP-file(s) (in the recent user
> > > contributions/archive) where you can find the library?
> > 
> > Yes.
> > I'll think about this after the release.
> > I guess you could locate the .zips (.tars, etc.) that contain
> > a certain file. You'd then have to use your judgment
> > to determine which zip had the definitive, latest and
> > greatest version of a library.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >    Rob Craig
> >    Rapid Deployment Software
> >    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
> > 
> 
> recent attempts to find updates for other software made me think(again).
> my anti-virus i use , has a download button to get updates.
> other software have sites showing static lists of dll's available. you must
> choose the right one of course. a trouble shooter program for my video card
> can
> profile the system and send back to tech of that company. the idea: a: a user
> can profile their system, send it to the archive which reads it and sends back
> the latest versions of libs. or at least a list of links the user can do at
> one's convience. but not all latest versions would work with older/useful
> software. so generations of libs would have to be kept. or at least the
> profile
> of generations available on ones own system.
> 
> b:
> an archive representing an include folder on an imaginary system. where one
> can
> browse for what is needed. along with a map(profile?) of the archive contents
> showing the relationship of app with the needed libs? the profile could simply
> end up being a static list/map of links toclick.
> 
> easier said than done, i know. but it is something that certain o.s. don't
> even
> do when needed patches are somewhere. only on static lists, not knowing which
> one to get, without a lot of reading.

Just be sure the author has included all the needed files in the zip in the 
archive?

Kat