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[DanRRight]

How Silverfrost currently implements the updates to newer versions? Because how installer works is hidden under the hood - is the way how it updates closer to one click hassle-free update like all the apps on Android or Apple phone -or- it always implies oldfashioned Uninstall-Reboot-Install-Reboot process? Will the installer run over older version and the installation will automatically take care of removing older version and environment variables without reboots and problems -or- for safety we have to go through the whole multistep process with a lot of clicks and reboot?

[JohnCampbell]

Dan,

I take a copy of ftn95 directory ( say as FTN95_6.10) and then install the new version over the top of the existing install.
Works for me and no need to re-boot.
I change the names of the FTN95 directories to switch between versions of the compiler.

John

[DanRRight]

Thanks for idea, John. Let me ask you just to check if i correctly understood - what you do is just rename older version and install new? Have you checked if installer does not add one more entry in the environment variables?

[JohnCampbell]

Dan,

I don't rename when installing; Before installing, I take a copy of the existing FTN95 directory then rename the copy. I then overwrite the existing install with the update. This allows for retaining any changes to /INCLUDE or ftn95.cfg etc. This is the standard approach for an update install.
I do not find that environment variable settings are duplicated.

Later, if I want to retest an old version of the compiler, I change names, such as:
ren FTN95 FTN95_6.30
ren FTN95_6.10 FTN95

John

[DanRRight]

Got it, thanks