[sword-devel] Bug:

Scott Thomas sword-devel@crosswire.org
Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:21:27 -0500


Lloyd,

I just recently joined the list, and expressed a similar problem 
installing locked modules. If you find out the solution, I'd appreciate 
hearing about it, if it isn't published on the list.

Thanks,

Scott

On 12 Jan 2002, at 11:51, Lloyd N. Landers, Jr. wrote:

> I sent the following message last Friday, 1/4, and now again today,
> Saturday, 1/12.  Since I'm new at this, I don't know what protocols
> you follow in answering questions/responding to bug reports.  If I'm
> getting in too big a hurry, I'm sorry, I'm just anxious to be able to
> get on with testing this software.
> 
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> Since I can not get a good install of any locked file, I uninstalled
> the program and started from scratch.  This time I used the InstallMgr
> to download and install add-in modules.  I selected a number of Bible
> translations, both locked and unlocked as well as some commentaries. 
> I added the KJV w/Strong's numbers (something I had not done
> previously).
> 
> The installation went smoothly until it hit NASB95; KJV w/Strong's had
> already completed installing.  When it encountered NASB95, a box
> opened with the message that the version appeared to be ciphered.  I
> entered the lock code with a cut-and-paste from the supersecret file. 
> At that point, I didn't know what to do:  should I click on "TRY" or
> "OK"?
> 
> I ended up trying both on different runs.  When I clicked on TRY, my
> machine simply sat there with no indication of any activity of any
> sort (no disk activity, no Internet activity, nothing).  After about 7
> minutes, I clicked on OK.  The installation immediately opened a
> window indicating it was ready to try to install NIV (opened the
> cipher window).  I cancelled the installation.
> 
> I looked at the /modules/texts/ directory to see what had been created
> this time since on prior install attempts there was no rawtext
> directory, only a ztext directory.  This time there was a rawtext
> directory containing KJV.  I then looked at the mods.d directory to
> see what .conf files had been created.  There was one for KJV which
> pointed to /rawtext/ via DataPath.  There was also one for NASB95.  It
> contained the correct CipherKey and DataPath, but there was no NASB95
> directory in /rawtext/.
> 
> I tried unzipping the NASB95 file I had previously downloaded from the
> beta section and ran the Setup.Exe.  No NASB95 was created under
> /rawtext/.
> 
> My conclusion is that the installation works just great using either
> InstallMgr or doing it manually by downloading, unzipping, and running
> Setup as long as the file is not a locked file.  There appears to be a
> real problem, however, whenever a locked file is involved.
> 
> Any help you can give me at this point would be appreciated. 
> 
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