On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 2:05 AM Merlin Beedell <mbeed...@cryoserver.com> wrote:
> Hi Groovy magic workers, > > > > I notice that the Windows Installer has changed quite a lot recently. It > is nice and quick and the UI is simple. However: things I note in this > release: > > 1. The supplementary extras (e.g. Jacob / scriptom) are not included *at > all*, not even as a custom install. Not sure how to include these > separately, other than to copy-paste from an older release. [I use scriptom > to query the Windows Services list to start/stop/query various services]. > 2. The Windows 3.0.4 installer and 3.0.5 releases are not yet on the ‘ > groovy-lang.org’ download site. > > The official download page is: https://groovy.apache.org/download.html Which has the links. We didn't delete the old page yet though and I will merge Keegan's PR. We should probably just forward requests instead of having to update two pages all the time. Cheers, Paul. > > 1. > 2. My Environment PATH variable appears to have 2 entries pointing to > the new groovy home. Perhaps it edits the previous entry and then adds the > new one as well. > 3. It does not supply separate 64-bit executables that can be > exchanged with the 32-bit executables, which might relate to the next item… > 4. It defaults the install under *program files (x86)* – suggesting a > 32-bit implementation only. Only the ‘custom’ option allows it to be put > somewhere else. > > > > I then noticed that if I execute this in groovysh or in the groovyConsole: > > *“groovy -v”.execute().waitForProcessOutput(System.out, System.err)* > > Exception thrown > > java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "groovy": CreateProcess error=2, > The system cannot find the file specified > > at ConsoleScript5.run(ConsoleScript5:1) > > Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot > find the file specified > > > > *But this works* > > > > *“groovy.bat -v”.execute().waitForProcessOutput(System.out, System.err)* > > Groovy Version: 3.0.3 JVM: 1.8.0_162 Vendor: Oracle Corporation OS: > Windows 10 > > > > Does this suggest that the installed groovy is 32-bit when my computer and > JDK are both 64-bit? My older groovy installs (going back to 2.0.4) would > all work. > > > > PS – *Why call groovy using “execute” rather than **GroovyScriptEngine**?* > Well some of these called scripts use *System.exit (error-number)* and if > I use the ScriptEngine or similar, it causes my script to exit as well! > > > > Merlin Beedell > > 0800 280 0525 / +44 (0)207 045 0520 > > DDI: +44 (0)207 045 0528 > > Mob: +44 (0)7876 226865 > > *Cryoserver: A focused, flexible email archive delivered by experts* > > > > *From:* Guillaume Laforge <glafo...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 23 July 2020 12:51 PM > *To:* users@groovy.apache.org; Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> > *Subject:* Re: [ANNOUNCE] Groovy 2.4.20, 2.5.13, and 3.0.5 Windows > installers released > > > > Combo! > > > > Le jeu. 23 juil. 2020 à 12:13, Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> a écrit : > > Nice! > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 3:07 PM Keegan Witt <keeganw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2.4.20: > https://bintray.com/groovy/Distributions/download_file?file_path=groovy-2.4.20.msi > 2.5.13: > https://bintray.com/groovy/Distributions/download_file?file_path=groovy-2.5.13.msi > > 3.0.5: > https://bintray.com/groovy/Distributions/download_file?file_path=groovy-3.0.5.msi > > > > -Keegan > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
