[virt-tools-list] [virt-viewer PATCH V2] Add InstallScope="perMachine" to virt-viewer.wxs.in

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Tue Jun 9 09:39:51 UTC 2015


On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 03:21:02PM -0400, sstutsma at redhat.com wrote:
> From: Sandy Stutsman <sstutsma at redhat.com>
> 
> Addresses: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146016
> Without this parameter the installer will place the start menu icon in the
> Admin users path rather than the 'AllUsers'.  Unprivileged users are unable
> to use the menu to start the remote-viewer.
> 
> N.B. Because previous installations mixed Users and PerMachine (AllUsers)
> paths, this installation will *NOT* properly upgrade them.  They must be
> manually uninstalled first.

In what way are upgrades broken ?  This is generally not something we
wish to break for obvious reasons.

Regards,
Daniel
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