[RELEASE] Hubitat Package Manager (HPM) -- HubitatCommunity

[csteele]

Thanks for helping out with testing you didn't volunteer for

[jb1]

@csteele I just tried to update HPM today to the latest rev but now it hangs since quite a time in the shown status (please see screenshot).

Not sure what to do now. I have not tried to do anything. Any ideas if this is bad or what to do now?

Thanks for any help. To be honest I'm a bit scared........

Update: It just finished the update it took really long. But now it states v1.9.7 in the right top corner but also shows an available update in the list of apps.

Update 2: I did a repair and now it looks god so far. Thanks

[jtp10181]

@jb1

I just tried to update HPM today to the latest rev but now it hangs since quite a time
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I did a repair and now it looks good so far.

Yup

@csteele

HPM updating itself means that the code for the return to Complete is NOT where it was. It does the return to Complete, trying to go back to where the code was in the old version. But the new version is bigger (or smaller) and thus the return goes to the wrong place and appears to hang. But an error is thrown and HPM quits. Simply open HPM again and notice the correct version in the upper right. To ease your mind, running a Repair on HPM will install the new version on top of the new version and it will Complete, without error

@csteele

As noted above, updating HPM itself can result in the hub appearing to not complete the update. As explained, the upgrade works, causing the code to shift and throw an error as it tries to execute code that isn't in the same logical location after the upgrade. Simply click the Apps button in the left menu and start HPM again. You'll see the latest version in the upper right corner.

Maybe this needs to be in the instructions? Or could it be added to the release notes for the HPM update itself so everyone sees it when they go to update?

@csteele I had another random idea that would maybe fix this. What if the code that was doing the update for HPM itself was at the VERY TOP of the source code, such that the line number would never change???