What means "-m" in version string?

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Massuda

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Apr 29, 2011, 11:56:12 AM4/29/11
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I noticed that my chrome version string changed from "something dev"
to "something dev-m" after a update this morning. What means the "-m"
in version string?

I saw in the source code that the "m" means "multi". Does it has
relation with multi user install? My current chrome install (as far i
remember) is a single user (only me) install.

krtulmay

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Apr 29, 2011, 2:35:24 PM4/29/11
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Since you saw in the source code, did you read the comment around line
90 from:
http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/installer/util/google_update_settings.h

// Return a human readable modifier for the version string, e.g.
// the channel (dev, beta, stable). Returns true if this operation
succeeded,
// on success, channel contains one of "", "unknown", "dev" or
"beta" (unless
// it is a multi-install product, in which case it will return "m",
// "unknown-m", "dev-m", or "beta-m").
static bool GetChromeChannel(bool system_install, std::wstring*
channel);

Pierre

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Apr 30, 2011, 3:59:28 AM4/30/11
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Hello

In stable version, why does channel contain "unknown" instead of
"stable" ?

What does "multi" means ?

On 29 avr, 20:35, krtulmay <krtul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since you saw in the source code, did you read the comment around line
> 90 from:http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/installer/util/google_up...

PhistucK

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Apr 30, 2011, 4:51:12 AM4/30/11
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And... what is exactly a "multi-install product" (which is actually what Massuda is trying to find out, I believe)?
It might be a Chrome + Chrome Frame installation.
PhistucK



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Steve Smith

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May 6, 2011, 7:14:52 PM5/6/11
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-m does it refer to multi user?

This is found in chrome://flags:


Multiple Profiles
Associates every browser window with a profile, and adds a profile
switcher in the upper right corner. Every profile has its own
bookmarks, extensions, apps, etc.
Enable

PhistucK

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May 7, 2011, 2:40:14 AM5/7/11
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Probably not.
Perhaps it refers to the Google Chrome & Google Chrome Frame combined installer.
PhistucK




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