Archive: Downloading the latest CVS version


where can i find nsis nsis20a7.exe??????????
where can i find the nsis2k alpha 7 version please??? i saw on the forum that some people have it and i want to try the new ui too because the screen shot like very sympatic!!!
tank you.


Alpha 7 is not officially out yet. If you want to get pre-alpha 7 use the CVS to download it.


tank but i already try it !!!
i try to go on the link below your message and to go on the cvs link but i don't realy understand how to use cvs. there is an executable file like other version or i have to download all file one by one????


There is no installer yet. You can go to SourceForge's "browse cvs" feature and download the files one by one, or you can do it the easy way with a CVS client such as TortoiseCVS.
Once you have installed TortoiseCVS (it uses NSIS :D ) just right click on the folder you wish to download pre-alpha 7 to and choose "CVS Checkout". Fill in the details as they are filled in the screen shot I attached and you will have a directory called NSIS created with the latest CVS version. Right-click it and choose "CVS Udate" to update it to the latest version when it comes.

Pay attention only to the edit boxes in the screen shot. The top list is just a history list, you shouldn't care about it for this.

The top edit box fills up by itself. Just fill all of the edit boxes below it and it should show exactly what's on the screen shot.


Now that the project SF page has changed its name you will need to write /cvsroot/nsis instead of /cvsroot/nsis2k at the Repository Directory edit box.


CVS thru HTTP Proxy
CVS at sourceforge (in fact any CVS) is not accessible thru HTTP Proxy (if proxy supports http-tunneling that can by achieved by manual patching and recompiling of CVS, but this is not my case), so the only way I can download latest version of NSIS is file by file using sourceforge CvsWeb interface. ;)

May be you could setup something like cvs-snapshot service (acting for example once a day), so we'll be able to download the latest version in one tgz/zip file?


Re: CVS thru HTTP Proxy

Originally posted by brainsucker
CVS at sourceforge (in fact any CVS) is not accessible thru HTTP Proxy (if proxy supports http-tunneling that can by achieved by manual patching and recompiling of CVS, but this is not my case), so the only way I can download latest version of NSIS is file by file using sourceforge CvsWeb interface. ;)

May be you could setup something like cvs-snapshot service (acting for example once a day), so we'll be able to download the latest version in one tgz/zip file?
Daily Snapshot (automatically updated once a day):
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/nightly/nsis.zip

Changlog (updated at same time as snapshot):
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/changelog.php

Please note that makensis.exe is not generally up-to-date. You will need to rebuild this if you want the really up-to-date source.