bbh
5th April 2002 18:04 UTC

creating a log file with NSIS_CONFIG_LOG
Hi,

I am trying to get a log file written of everything that happens during an install. I understood that I could recompile the source with the definition of NSIS_CONFIG_LOG uncommentted in config.h to accomplish this. I recompiled the source and the new version of makensis that I created doesn't seem to be creating a log file. I was expecting to get a file "install.log" with a list of everything installed (i.e. the "detail"), but I could not find the file anywhere. Is there anything else about NSIS_CONFIG_LOG that I need to know?

Thanks for any pointers,
Beth

kichik
8th April 2002 21:47 UTC

Hi bbh!

As far as I know NSIS_CONFIG_LOG only enables you to use SilentInstall silentlog.
When you compile a script with the above directive but NSIS_CONFIG_LOG is not enabled then you get this error:

SilentInstall: silentlog specified, no log support compiled in (use NSIS_CONFIG_LOG)

bbh
8th April 2002 22:37 UTC

Based on a previous discussion, I thought the purpose of NSIS_CONFIG_LOG was to capture the details of an install to a log file.
"You can also uncomment NSIS_CONFIG_LOG in config.h to enable logging to install.log in the installer directory."

I've tried a silent install with the plain vanilla version of nsis (that I believe does not have NSIS_CONFIG_LOG defined) and it works just fine, without the error you specify. This is with v1.96.

I have looked at the code a bit, and it there seems to be quite a bit involved with the preprocessor definition for NSIS_CONFIG_LOG. So I haven't taken the time to figure out exactly what it is doing. I was hoping that at least someone familiar with the code could verify that the definition of NSIS_CONFIG_LOG would indeed create a file called install.log.

Searching the forum has not yielded any help- in fact searching on NSIS_CONFIG_LOG does not find anything- even my own messages. I did find another question from someone else trying to do the exact same thing and unfortunately they got no replies. So either I have a big misunderstanding on how this is supposed to work or what else I have to do to get it to work, or this flag doesn't quite do what it is advertised to do.

kichik
8th April 2002 23:01 UTC

I've tried a silent install with the plain vanilla version of nsis (that I believe does not have NSIS_CONFIG_LOG defined) and it works just fine, without the error you specify. This is with v1.96.