Re: Xcode 4.0.1
Re: Xcode 4.0.1
- Subject: Re: Xcode 4.0.1
- From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:19:51 +0200
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Christiaan Hofman <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mar 25, 2011, at 15:50, Chris Cleeland wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Christiaan Hofman <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> there's no "download and install thing", but rather a "download thing" *and* an "install thing" (two "things", not one).
>>>
>>
>> Which brings up a reasonable question: is there any reason to keep the
>> "download thing" (/Applications/Install Xcode.app) around after I've
>> installed it?
>
> I think there is, I think the App Store needs it to be able to update it. I've heard of people who couldn't update to 4.0.1 because App Store couldn't locate a previous installation (i.e. the installer for 4.0).
Hmmm.
Maybe it's an opportunity for a small utility that would remove all
the data in the fake application that is not needed by the App Store
Update mechanism. And which would suggest to have first installed and
backed up the application before running the cleaning operation.
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