[GOODIE] DVSToSAR-nk

Avi Bryant avi at beta4.com
Wed Oct 30 20:11:39 UTC 2002


Ned,

Cool.  Presumably, however, packages distributed this way would bypass the
DVS fileIn mechanism... or is it smart enough to use the FilePackageLoader
if available?

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Ned Konz wrote:

> from preamble:
>
> "Change Set:		DVSToSAR-nk
> Date:			30 October 2002
> Author:			Ned Konz
>
> This lets you make a .sar file (complete with other files, change sets,
> preamble, and postscript) from a DVS package.
>
> I've added the following methods to PackageInfo, which may be optionally
> overridden by subclasses:
>
> prerequisiteChangeSets -- These are change sets that get loaded before
> the main change set
>
> additionalChangeSets -- These are change sets that get loaded after the
> main change set
>
> additionalFiles -- These are additional files that get extracted from
> the zip
>
> changesText -- Text of a changes log that will be shown to the user
>
> readmeText -- Text of a README file that will be shown to the user
>
> You can make a SAR file from a PackageInfo object like this:
>
> SARPackageDumper  fileOutPackage: (ConnectorsInfo someInstance) as:
> 'Connectors.sar'
> "!
>




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