What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...

Regards, Mike.

Mike James wrote:
> What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...
> 
> Regards, Mike.

I just avoid changing anything in the dmd dir on the first install and then rename & replace it with the new one. You might need to copy the old .ini file though.

Mike James wrote:
> What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...


Tango 0.99.5 isn't compatible with newer than 1.027, could that be the problem?

torhu Wrote:

> Mike James wrote:
> > What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...
> 
> 
> Tango 0.99.5 isn't compatible with newer than 1.027, could that be the problem?

Hey Mike James,
As for Dinstaller, I am the developer of it and it won't update to the latest compiler version until tango updates to the latest compiler version(Tango Stable). Also I am working on something for Tango so I may not be able to do so right away. I plan on making a new system that uses a file it downloads at runtime to ask you which file you would like to download. The file that it finaly downloads will contain all option information and as such you could create your own option list file for it that would support things like that. This will not be implemented until I finish the thing I'm working on for Tango and as so it will just be a hard coded update version.

Lester L. Martin II

== Quote from Mike James (mj.wave@btinternet.com)'s article
> What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is
ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...

Regarding Tango, if a compiler release includes new functions in the runtime, then Tango must be updated to include them before a Tango app will work with that version of the compiler.  This is generally a pretty quick process on my part, but it requires my being at home and in front of the computer to accomplish, which means not until this evening PST at the earliest.


Sean

Sean Kelly wrote:

> == Quote from Mike James (mj.wave@btinternet.com)'s article
>> What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD
>> subdirectories when a D update is
> ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...
> 
> Regarding Tango, if a compiler release includes new functions in the
> runtime, then Tango must be
> updated to include them before a Tango app will work with that version of
> the compiler.  This is generally a pretty quick process on my part, but it
> requires my being at home and in front of the computer to accomplish,
> which means not until this evening PST at the earliest.
> 

Yes, but in this case (1.029 from 1.028) there is no problem. There was a problem with Tango 0.99.5 and DMD 1.028 and above as DMD got stricter on a couple of points.

-- 
Lars Ivar Igesund
blog at http://larsivi.net
DSource, #d.tango & #D: larsivi
Dancing the Tango

Sean Kelly wrote:
> == Quote from Mike James (mj.wave@btinternet.com)'s article
>> What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is
> ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango
> library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I
> have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...
> 
> Regarding Tango, if a compiler release includes new functions in the runtime, then Tango must be
> updated to include them before a Tango app will work with that version of the compiler.  This is
> generally a pretty quick process on my part, but it requires my being at home and in front of the
> computer to accomplish, which means not until this evening PST at the earliest.

I think the problem is the OP just overwrote his Tango-fied sc.ini with the stock DMD one.

After I unzip a new dmd version over top the old one, I run my "usetango.bat" script which looks like this these days:

----
@ECHO OFF
echo Setting up DMD environment for using Tango runtime libraries...
copy "%DMDDIR%\dmd\bin\sc.tango.ini" "%DMDDIR%\dmd\bin\sc.ini"
copy "%DMDDIR%\dsss\etc\rebuild\default.tango" "%DMDDIR%\dsss\etc\rebuild\default"
ren "%DMDDIR%\dsss\include\d\std_tango_" std
ren "%DMDDIR%\dsss\lib" libphobos
ren "%DMDDIR%\dsss\libtango" lib
echo Done.
----


Note that I keep a copy of the tango version sc.ini in sc.tango.ini.


And here's the corresponding usephobos.bat too:
----
@ECHO OFF
echo Setting up DMD environment for using Phobos runtime libraries...
copy "%DMDDIR%\dmd\bin\sc.phobos.ini" "%DMDDIR%\dmd\bin\sc.ini"
copy "%DMDDIR%\dsss\etc\rebuild\default.phobos" "%DMDDIR%\dsss\etc\rebuild\default"
ren "%DMDDIR%\dsss\include\d\std" std_tango_
ren "%DMDDIR%\dsss\lib" libtango
ren "%DMDDIR%\dsss\libphobos" lib
echo Done.
----

I also keep a copy of the default phobos sc.ini in sc.phobos.ini.


The only problem is if DMD changes what it puts in sc.ini.  But I don't think that's happened in a long time.

--bb

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
> 
>> == Quote from Mike James (mj.wave@btinternet.com)'s article
>>> What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD
>>> subdirectories when a D update is
>> ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories
>> - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so
>> I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used
>> DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date
>> with 1.29 yet...
>>
>> Regarding Tango, if a compiler release includes new functions in the
>> runtime, then Tango must be
>> updated to include them before a Tango app will work with that version of
>> the compiler.  This is generally a pretty quick process on my part, but it
>> requires my being at home and in front of the computer to accomplish,
>> which means not until this evening PST at the earliest.
>>
> 
> Yes, but in this case (1.029 from 1.028) there is no problem. There was a
> problem with Tango 0.99.5 and DMD 1.028 and above as DMD got stricter on a
> couple of points.
> 

Oh right.  And for what it's worth, there are no library changes between 1.028 and 1.029 that should matter.


Sean

torhu Wrote:

> Mike James wrote:
> > What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...
> 
> 
> Tango 0.99.5 isn't compatible with newer than 1.027, could that be the problem?

It could be - the Tango I'm using is version 0.99.5 - I think I will wait until the next 'group' release of Tango and DMD.

Regards, Mike.

Lester L. Martin II Wrote:

> torhu Wrote:
> 
> > Mike James wrote:
> > > What is the successful way of updating the (Windows) DM and DMD subdirectories when a D update is ready. I have just updated 1.27 to 1.29 by copying/merging the directories - it failed with the Tango library files when I did a test compilation so I have unzipped the old files and put them back as before. I have used DInstaller for the complete install previously but it's not up-to-date with 1.29 yet...
> > 
> > 
> > Tango 0.99.5 isn't compatible with newer than 1.027, could that be the problem?
> 
> Hey Mike James,
> As for Dinstaller, I am the developer of it and it won't update to the latest compiler version until tango updates to the latest compiler version(Tango Stable). Also I am working on something for Tango so I may not be able to do so right away. I plan on making a new system that uses a file it downloads at runtime to ask you which file you would like to download. The file that it finaly downloads will contain all option information and as such you could create your own option list file for it that would support things like that. This will not be implemented until I finish the thing I'm working on for Tango and as so it will just be a hard coded update version.
> 
> Lester L. Martin II
Thanks, I will wait for the next update of DInstall - keep up the good work :-)

Regards, Mike.