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From: po@@enr|ede @end|ng |rom gm@||@com (Daniel Possenriede)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:31:19 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Versioning Rtools ARP entries
Message-ID: <CANu2KkPeXi3=0=KyvjfELrE1A_aRO1yrbqmRPavKo-3siJZ_og@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

If I am not mistaken, all Rtools 4.2 (and 4.3) revisions have the same
ARP [1] entries, i.e. all report version 4.2.0.1 (or 4.3.0.1). This
makes it difficult to determine the installed version (is it possible
to determine the installed revision?) and impossible for tools like
winget [2] to update Rtools to the latest revision, AFAICT.

Would it be possible to track the version in the installer [3] for
future Rtools releases again, like it used to be in Rtools 4.0 [4]?

Thanks!

Daniel

[1] https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/blob/master/FAQ.md#what-is-an-arp-entry
[2] https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
[3] https://svn.r-project.org/R-dev-web/trunk/WindowsBuilds/winutf8/ucrt3/rtools/rtools64.iss
[4] https://github.com/r-windows/rtools-installer/commit/7f23f0d0442d72922014ec4082c8bdd437364cef



[Rd] Versioning Rtools ARP entries
Daniel Possenriede