[android-developers] Re: Eclair install choked with errors about locks and died horribly leaving corrupted install

I fixed this by disabling Norton

On Nov 1, 9:49 pm, "Armond Avanes" <armond...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Raphael,
>
> The error message says that some files are locked in "temp" directory not in
> destination. At least if you're doing a first-time install (not update), the
> destination directory is empty and it's quite safe to copy.
>
> Regards,
> Armond
>
> > From: Raphael [mailto:r...@android.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 8:57 AM
>
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Armond Avanes <armond...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > After all, I'm still on my opinion. In the case of failure, the update
> > > process should try to COPY the contents instead of moving/renaming. And
> > a
> > > warning that some garbage have been left on "temp" directory. For those
> > of
> > > us on slow connections it's really a pain to download that much and
> > throw it
> > > away!!! I guess I've downloaded 500MB worth of data so far and still
> > > trying...
>
> > The problem with copying is that if a file can't be replaced in the
> > middle of the copy operation, what do you want the installer to do?
> > You'd be left with half installed platform mixing some old stuff and
> > new stuff. Or it'd have to throw away you old install (which might
> > fail because of a lockedfolderanyway).
>
> > As for the threading issue, I can't figure it out. It's a very
> > sequential mode of operation right now.
>
> > On your last point, you're right, I shouldn't throw away the download
> > right away if the download was successful yet the installfailed. It
> > would be easy to allow you to retry installing right away.
>
> > Still I'd really like to know what can be locking that thing :(
>
> > R/
>
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