Local EBF readme file is missing for SA 12.0.0.2566

[VolkerBarth]

AFAIK, for SA 10 and 11 installing an EBF has always copied that EBF's readme file to the SA main directory. So a SA 11.0.1 install might contain the following files in the %SQLANY11% dir:

• rdme_1101_ebf_2299.html
• rdme_1101_ebf_2376.html
• rdme_1101_ebf_2427.html

After I have installed the first SA 12 EBF (12.0.0.2566) on several boxes, I don't notice the EBF readme anywhere.

Is this by design for SA 12? (If so, I would suggest to go back to the previous handling of these files.)

[Breck_Carter]

I did not know they were there in the first place... thanks for pointing that out!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for reporting this problem. The issue is due to an oversight and is not by design. Future SA 12 EBFs will have this problem fixed.

[VolkerBarth]

Just to add:

When installing the new 12.0.0.2589 EBF for Windows, the readme file is installed locally, as Karim has announced.

However, it is named just "readme_ebf.html" - i.e. omitting the EBF name. Therefore it might be overwritten when a further EBF is applied.

IMHO, the previous convention for v10/v11 to include the EBF version in the EBF readme file (and then to "collect" the readme files for all installed EBFs) seems more useful - even though it is known that EBFs (and their readmes, too) are cumulative.

[Former Member]

Volker,

Thanks for pointing out this change in behaviour. I have passed on your comments to the install team and will add a new comment once I have confirmation that this new behaviour is in fact the intended behaviour and not just an oversight.