"no solid compression" special build

Erpo · 15th December 2004, 03:47

Does anyone know why the special build (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/download/specialbuilds/) that does not use solid compression for the bzip2 and lzma algorithms is implemented as a "special build" instead of a command in a script file? Is it possible that this feature could be integrated as an option into the main distribution?

This would be very helpful to me, as I need to make both large and small installers.

Afrow UK · 15th December 2004, 10:09

Just have two copies of makensis.exe, one that is the special build and one that isn't. You'll just have to copy and paste the exe when necessary.

-Stu

Erpo · 16th December 2004, 04:13

You'll just have to copy and paste the exe when necessary.

That is what I ended up doing, and it worked very well. At first I thought the special build downloads linked to an entirely separate installation of NSIS instead of just a new copy of makensis.exe (i.e. I thought I would have to uninstall one fully and install the other to switch between them.).

I'm still curious about why this particular option is only available at compile time for makensis.exe. Why is it, for example, that there is a SetCompressor <zlib|bzip2|lzma> command, but no SetSolidCompression <on|off> command?

Afrow UK · 16th December 2004, 09:33

I don't really know either, but there must be a very good reason for it. Similarely you cannot set the current NSIS_MAX_STRLENGTH without recompiling the makensis source.

-Stu

Joost Verburg · 19th December 2004, 21:11

Some advanced features that require a different compiled installer header cannot be set during script compilation.

kichik · 4th January 2005, 12:52

Actually, there is no technical problem to make it possible to enable and disable solid compression in the script. Time is the problem.

Afrow UK · 4th January 2005, 20:35

I think that a script command MaxStrLen should be a 'feature request' perhaps

That would be very very cool...

-Stu

bluenet · 5th January 2005, 02:28

I aslo hope SetSolidCompression <on|off> become a command.

15th December 2004, 03:47	#1
Erpo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10	"no solid compression" special build Does anyone know why the special build (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/download/specialbuilds/) that does not use solid compression for the bzip2 and lzma algorithms is implemented as a "special build" instead of a command in a script file? Is it possible that this feature could be integrated as an option into the main distribution? This would be very helpful to me, as I need to make both large and small installers.

4th January 2005, 12:52	#6
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Actually, there is no technical problem to make it possible to enable and disable solid compression in the script. Time is the problem. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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15th December 2004, 10:09	#2
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	Just have two copies of makensis.exe, one that is the special build and one that isn't. You'll just have to copy and paste the exe when necessary. -Stu

16th December 2004, 04:13	#3
Erpo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10	You'll just have to copy and paste the exe when necessary. That is what I ended up doing, and it worked very well. At first I thought the special build downloads linked to an entirely separate installation of NSIS instead of just a new copy of makensis.exe (i.e. I thought I would have to uninstall one fully and install the other to switch between them.). I'm still curious about why this particular option is only available at compile time for makensis.exe. Why is it, for example, that there is a SetCompressor <zlib\|bzip2\|lzma> command, but no SetSolidCompression <on\|off> command?

16th December 2004, 09:33	#4
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	I don't really know either, but there must be a very good reason for it. Similarely you cannot set the current NSIS_MAX_STRLENGTH without recompiling the makensis source. -Stu

19th December 2004, 21:11	#5
Joost Verburg NSIS MUI Dev Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,717	Some advanced features that require a different compiled installer header cannot be set during script compilation.

4th January 2005, 20:35	#7
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	I think that a script command MaxStrLen should be a 'feature request' perhaps That would be very very cool... -Stu

5th January 2005, 02:28	#8
bluenet Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 138	I aslo hope SetSolidCompression <on\|off> become a command.