Re: RDP 9.0.0.1 and Disk2

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info.  It just took me by surprise when it went looking 
for Diak2.

We've got it up and running on two PCs at work now, with a 3rd being 
installed on Monday.

Sam

On 9/27/2013 9:10 AM, Eric Simpson wrote:
> I can provide a bit of background on why this sometimes happens.
>
> In a fixpack, typically a set of plugins are updated.  Also, the list of
> plugins which correspond to an installable feature (shown in Installation
> Manager, e.g. RPG and COBOL Tools) could be updated.
>
> If an updated plugin has new dependencies, the new dependencies will also
> have to be installed even if they were not changed in the fixpack.  e.g.
> Plugin A depends on B, C, and D.  In the fixpack, plugin A now depends on
> B, C, D, and E.  When the fixpack is installed, the updated A plus the
> unchanged E would have to be installed (possibly requiring another disk
> image).
>
> If the list of plugins which correspond to an installable feature is
> updated, the plugins added to the list would have to be installed even if
> they were not actually changed in the fixpack.  e.g.  Plugin A is installed
> by installable feature X.  In the fixpack, plugin A is now installed by
> installable feature Y as well.  A user with installable feature Y only
> would not have plugin A on their first install but the fixpack would
> install it (possibly requiring another disk image).
>
> Note: this is a very high-level view of the process with lots of details
> omitted.
>
> Note2: the disk images in ESS are organized differently then in Passport
> Advantage, so 'disk2' in ESS is not the same as 'disk2' in Passport.  The
> same content is provided.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric