Yeah it seems the address is hardcoded: [revol@patrick /boot/home]$ strings /boot/apps/SoftwareValet |grep depot depotsn Updated versions of SoftwareValet can be found on the BeDepot Web site at http://www.bedepot.com depotsn depotsn valet.bedepot.com depotsn http://valet.bedepot.com/valet.asp btw, I never used .pkg things, I usually make a zip file with an INSTALL script (sometimes an UNINSTALL one when I'm on a good mood), which is basically what a .pkg is: it's an archive that is linked to the installer by the mime-type and when the files have been extracted, a post_install script gets executed ( have a look at /tmp/ when installing a .pkg ), so all the things are automated. En réponse à Peter Moore <peter@xxxxxxxxx>: > > <SNIP> > >Sure, the current ones. > > > >One thing that I have huge respect for microsoft for is their Windows > Update > >stuff. > >It seems to work 99% of the time, and when it doesn't, it's only > difficult > to > >fix > >because of the monstrosity of the registry and related bits. > > > >(I run windows on half a machine at home, out of 5, so I'm not a > windows > >zealot > >whatsoever) > > > >I have no problems personally with manually installing everything, but > for > >ease of > >use in the future, it sure would be nice to have something as well > built as > >Windows Update, which would include a standardized installer (I'm not > really > >sure > >what SV does, I haven't touched BeOS very deeply yet). > > > > i did some analysis on Software Valet a while ago. > Software Valet attempts to connect to valet.bedepot.com. > it is expecting to connect to update_response.asp which i can only > assume > validates your softwares' serial number and then, if valid, checks to > see if > your version is current. If your version is older than current it > initiates > an http download of the newer version of the software. > > I think the address of the server (valet.bedepot.com) is hardcoded into > the > app (i've checked the settings files and found nothing) and the only > option > you have for connectivity is to enable a proxy server and port number. > > It used to work fine when bedepot was alive and well and i think if we > could > license the source or write something similar it would be a good idea. > > currently there are a couple of OpenTracker update utilities (GUIs) > available > on BeBits. > i would suggest that you contact the author(s) of them and see if we can > use > their code as the basis for such a tool on OBOS. > cheers > peter > ******************************************* > Peter Moore > peter@xxxxxxxxx > http://beos.loved.com/ > ICQ 926967 (old) 95022055 (new - Oct 18, 2000) > ******************************************* > > >