REINSTALLMODE=vemus?

[Vince Butler]

I have upgraded all my WinXP clients successfully to the ZfD65sp2 agent to via an MSI zen app. I found the note in the agent readme about upgrading Win98 systems, which states that the REINSTALLMODE=vemus property needs to be used or the install will muck up the system. What effect does that property have on XP systems? I'd rather just create a single app for all my operating systems, rather than one for XP without the property and one for 98 with the property.

Thanks!

[Rolf Lidvall]

See:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/reinstallmode.asp
"e = Reinstall if the file is missing, or is an equal or older version."

and:
"Installing ZENworks Agent overwrites newer NWGINA.DLL "
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?10097497.htm

So, "vemus" means that newer files will not be replaced. As you can
see in TID10097497 this could sometimes be desireable on any OS.
It depends on your environment.
I also don't know if the "fix" in that TID in fact is that that Novell
changed
the default from "vamus" to "vemus"? This is easily checked with a MSI
table editor.

Regards
Rolf Lidvall
Swedish Radio (Ltd)