Name        : Updater
Purpose     : Checking for and fetching updates
Version     : 0.94L  (20-09-2020) - cut down version
Status      : Freeware
Author      : Frank de Bruijn
E-mail      : updater@aconet.org


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Updater is NOT a package manager
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Updater was created to handle non-packaged items, like the CA Certificates and NetSurf CI.

The cut down version will handle only that. The full version can be considered a continuation of an abandoned project that was meant to become an alternative package manager, because I did not like RiscPkg at all and there was nothing else - yes, it was that long ago. And then PackMan came along.

PackMan has improved a lot over time, but it still does things I do not like. So I expanded this application (the full version) into something that can (sort of) handle packages, as long as they do not have too many dependencies or conflicting, recommended or suggested packages. If you have the full version, you are welcome to use it for that as well, but be aware of the limitations.

More complicated packages really require a true package manager...


Installation
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Installing the program is a matter of putting it on you harddrive somewhere. It needs SysLog, so if this is not installed on your machine, get it from https://compton.nu/software/riscos/syslog


Upgrading
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Either drop the new distribution over the one existing on your hard drive or put it somewhere else.
If you install it somewhere else and the Settings file was inside the old version, you will have to copy or move that to the new one.


Licence
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This software is distributed as freeware under my own Slighty Paranoid Freeware Licence, a copy of which should be present in the Resources directory.
