Unnecessary question when installing a SIS bundle

[Larsson73]

My application is dependant on the camerawrapper from S60 Platform Camera Example v3.0, and hence I have embedded that SIS in my application's SIS like below

;CameraWrapper
IF NOT package(0x2001ec5f)
; install camerawrapper.sisx only if not already installed
@"..\..\3rdPartyComponents\CameraWrapper\epoc32\InstallToDevice\CameraWrapper\sis\camerawrapper.sisx", (0x2001ec5f)
ENDIF

To avoid the camerawrapper being accidentally uninstalled I've added a dependency in the pkg-file

;Dependencies
;Prevents other applications from uninstalling packages we depend upon
;Dispalys a warning message if a dependant SIS is uninstalled
(0x2001ec5f), 1, 10, 0, {"CameraWrapper"}

When installing my application I get a dialog saying "Component Camerawrapper is missing. Continue?"

I think this query is rather unnecessary since the camerawrapper SIS is embedded in my application's SIS.

Is there a way to prevent this query??

Thanks!

/Mathias

[symbianyucca]

I suppose it is not there yet then, and the question is thus asked, the dependency I suppose it not supposed to be used like that, it is supposed to check for the actually required dependencies to be already in the device when installing this package.

[Larsson73]

You are right, the camerawrapper is not installed yet. But it will be when my app is installed.

Are you sure dependencies are supposed to give warnings for embedded SIS's?? That feels like a bug in the installer framework.

[symbianyucca]

I wouldn't really see it as a bug, I would see it a simply feature that the requirements specified in the sis, should indeed be already present in the device when the sis file is installed..

[Larsson73]

Hrmm, OK

So I have to choose between having a user friendly installation and to be warned when a dependant SIS is uninstlled?

[lubom]

Hrmm, OK

So I have to choose between having a user friendly installation and to be warned when a dependant SIS is uninstlled?

Hi, I have similar problem, could somebody give response for this question ?

[ltomuta]

What is the question really?

An embedded SIS file will show that addition prompt. The only way to avoid it is not to have an embedded sis file in your installation.

[dancohen]

I would like to re-raise the question by Mathias.

I'm developing a sis A that depends on another sis B. I need to do two things :
1) Bundle B as an embedded sis inside A (so it will be installed with it)
2) Make sure no one removes B by adding a dependency.

This causes the user , when he installs A, to get a question regarding the fact the B is missing.
Indeed, it is missing but will be installed in a second (because it is bundled in A). This question
may confuse the user to think that there is a problem and B Indeed is missing.

Is there any solution? Is this a known installer issue?

Thanks,
dany

[wizard_hu_]

Embedding may already imply dependency, have you tried?
Otherwise yes, explicit dependency says that the given component should be present prior to installing anything from your package.

[dancohen]

Hello,

I doesn't - If you just embed , you don't get dependency (also verified in a nokia article I found).

Another question, a harder one - I found out that when I try to uninstall my application, it will fail with "removal failed".
If I remove the embedded sis before uninstalling, the uninstallation will succeed. WTF?

dany

[wizard_hu_]

Generally it works (I mean the uninstallation issue), so it may matter what particular package you are embedding. Is it some active component (some kind of server running all the time perhaps?)? For library-like components (like the camera stuff mentioned earlier in this thread, or the Open C/C++ libraries) uninstalling works for me.

[dancohen]

BTW, Things get even worse on N97 - It won't allow you to install if you have missing dependencies so can't use the dependencies at all with embedded SIS.

This is a major Issue!!! Can any of you Nokia guys give us some help regarding it?

dany

About the thing you said wizrd_hu_ - did you embed the sis + create a dependecy?
I know it works only with embedded sis. but when I add a dependency line to the embedded sis, things stop working.

dany

[wizard_hu_]

About the thing you said wizrd_hu_ - did you embed the sis + create a dependecy?

No.

I know it works only with embedded sis.

Yes

but when I add a dependency line to the embedded sis, things stop working.

Yes :-) In the meantime I wrote more or less the same into the other thread.

[dancohen]

Great

So I'm dropping the issue but I'm really pissed off.
The SW Installer is sooo buggy. how am I supposed to use it like that?!

anyway, Thank you so much for your help.

dany