Apparent circular dependency in VS 15.8.6 extension updates / problems in Windows 10 October update
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So, once again, MS is my source of laughs today. I get my notice to upgrade to VS 15.8.6, which I do. Everything goes fine...almost. I see four new notices for upgrading some of the extensions. I don't use these particular extensions often, but I like to stay up-to-date anyhow. Two of the upgrades succeed and two fail. I retry those two, just in case something I did mixed them up. No luck. So, I dig into the log files and find these gems (excerpted)...
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10/5/2018 9:27:34 PM - Beginning to install extension to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017... 10/5/2018 9:27:34 PM - Upgrading 'Microsoft Reporting Services Projects', version 1.24 to version 2.0. 10/5/2018 9:27:35 PM - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.BreaksExistingExtensionsException: This extension cannot be installed because the following extensions contain dependencies that would be broken as a result of this installation: - Microsoft Analysis Services Projects . . . 10/5/2018 9:27:36 PM - Beginning to install extension to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017... 10/5/2018 9:27:36 PM - Upgrading 'Microsoft Analysis Services Projects', version 1.32 to version 2.2. 10/5/2018 9:27:37 PM - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.BreaksExistingExtensionsException: This extension cannot be installed because the following extensions contain dependencies that would be broken as a result of this installation: - Microsoft Reporting Services Projects
Say it with me, "circular dependency", yeah! Thanks MS. This also came on a day when I'm reading in the news that the latest Windows 10 update may delete (or hide) lots of files. So, I'm busy making backups as well. Thanks MS! Some of the highlights of this lovely update include the following. Best of luck everyone! Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents - The Verge[^] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/problems-with-windows-10-october-2018-update/[
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So, once again, MS is my source of laughs today. I get my notice to upgrade to VS 15.8.6, which I do. Everything goes fine...almost. I see four new notices for upgrading some of the extensions. I don't use these particular extensions often, but I like to stay up-to-date anyhow. Two of the upgrades succeed and two fail. I retry those two, just in case something I did mixed them up. No luck. So, I dig into the log files and find these gems (excerpted)...
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10/5/2018 9:27:34 PM - Beginning to install extension to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017... 10/5/2018 9:27:34 PM - Upgrading 'Microsoft Reporting Services Projects', version 1.24 to version 2.0. 10/5/2018 9:27:35 PM - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.BreaksExistingExtensionsException: This extension cannot be installed because the following extensions contain dependencies that would be broken as a result of this installation: - Microsoft Analysis Services Projects . . . 10/5/2018 9:27:36 PM - Beginning to install extension to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017... 10/5/2018 9:27:36 PM - Upgrading 'Microsoft Analysis Services Projects', version 1.32 to version 2.2. 10/5/2018 9:27:37 PM - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.BreaksExistingExtensionsException: This extension cannot be installed because the following extensions contain dependencies that would be broken as a result of this installation: - Microsoft Reporting Services Projects
Say it with me, "circular dependency", yeah! Thanks MS. This also came on a day when I'm reading in the news that the latest Windows 10 update may delete (or hide) lots of files. So, I'm busy making backups as well. Thanks MS! Some of the highlights of this lovely update include the following. Best of luck everyone! Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents - The Verge[^] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/problems-with-windows-10-october-2018-update/[
Eric Lynch wrote:
Installing Windows 10's October Update Could Result In A Nightmare, Here's How To Avoid It
One word answer: Linux. And if you must use windows: 7 ---- ideally in a VM in your linux. Anything else is just waste of your time (notwithstanding a less efficient use of your computing resources.) Before the mslemmings answer: consider how much is your time worth? win10 is still a huge fail.
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So, once again, MS is my source of laughs today. I get my notice to upgrade to VS 15.8.6, which I do. Everything goes fine...almost. I see four new notices for upgrading some of the extensions. I don't use these particular extensions often, but I like to stay up-to-date anyhow. Two of the upgrades succeed and two fail. I retry those two, just in case something I did mixed them up. No luck. So, I dig into the log files and find these gems (excerpted)...
Quote:
10/5/2018 9:27:34 PM - Beginning to install extension to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017... 10/5/2018 9:27:34 PM - Upgrading 'Microsoft Reporting Services Projects', version 1.24 to version 2.0. 10/5/2018 9:27:35 PM - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.BreaksExistingExtensionsException: This extension cannot be installed because the following extensions contain dependencies that would be broken as a result of this installation: - Microsoft Analysis Services Projects . . . 10/5/2018 9:27:36 PM - Beginning to install extension to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017... 10/5/2018 9:27:36 PM - Upgrading 'Microsoft Analysis Services Projects', version 1.32 to version 2.2. 10/5/2018 9:27:37 PM - Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.BreaksExistingExtensionsException: This extension cannot be installed because the following extensions contain dependencies that would be broken as a result of this installation: - Microsoft Reporting Services Projects
Say it with me, "circular dependency", yeah! Thanks MS. This also came on a day when I'm reading in the news that the latest Windows 10 update may delete (or hide) lots of files. So, I'm busy making backups as well. Thanks MS! Some of the highlights of this lovely update include the following. Best of luck everyone! Windows 10’s latest update is deleting some users’ documents - The Verge[^] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/problems-with-windows-10-october-2018-update/[
Yes, everyone is experiencing this. They will fix it and they will push out another patch. No big deal here.
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Yes, everyone is experiencing this. They will fix it and they will push out another patch. No big deal here.
If your talking about the circular dependency issue here, I agree it is no big deal (at least for me). Though, it would be nice if MS would occasionally QA some of these VS releases. Lately, judging by The Lounge, problems seem to have become more the rule than the exception. This problem should have been easy to catch in QA. It only made me waste a small bit of time, but I got a laugh for the effort, so worth it :) With the Windows 10 October update, sounds like a much bigger deal, if you get hit by it. There seems to be some debate if the files simply become inaccessible to the user (my guess) or are actually deleted. This should be the most basic responsibility of any OS...don't misplace/lose my stuff!
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Eric Lynch wrote:
Installing Windows 10's October Update Could Result In A Nightmare, Here's How To Avoid It
One word answer: Linux. And if you must use windows: 7 ---- ideally in a VM in your linux. Anything else is just waste of your time (notwithstanding a less efficient use of your computing resources.) Before the mslemmings answer: consider how much is your time worth? win10 is still a huge fail.
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Yeah, I have all three (Linux, Win 7, and Win 10) running on physical boxes here. Also, have plenty of hardware for frequent backups, so not a huge deal for me. In this case, I feel badly for the average consumer using Win 10. As much as you might hope it, they're not very likely to switch to Linux to avoid a bad update :) As to the "which is better" argument, not overly interested. They're all fine. Over the decades, I've been through dozens of OSes. I don't play favorites. I go with whatever tools the customers request. The surest path to career obsolescence is cheer-leading some specific technology. Oh VMS, how I miss thee. If you last long enough, all technologies fade in prominence...except for JavaScript, will someone please drive a stake through that thing's heart already? :)
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If your talking about the circular dependency issue here, I agree it is no big deal (at least for me). Though, it would be nice if MS would occasionally QA some of these VS releases. Lately, judging by The Lounge, problems seem to have become more the rule than the exception. This problem should have been easy to catch in QA. It only made me waste a small bit of time, but I got a laugh for the effort, so worth it :) With the Windows 10 October update, sounds like a much bigger deal, if you get hit by it. There seems to be some debate if the files simply become inaccessible to the user (my guess) or are actually deleted. This should be the most basic responsibility of any OS...don't misplace/lose my stuff!
Sure. I agree. I also know that this was a major f-up on their part and as of this morning it is still not fixed. Ugh. However, still, I know they will fix it and hopefully will have learned from this mistake, if not for a few days....hours....Ok, they will not have learned, but still... :-D
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Sure. I agree. I also know that this was a major f-up on their part and as of this morning it is still not fixed. Ugh. However, still, I know they will fix it and hopefully will have learned from this mistake, if not for a few days....hours....Ok, they will not have learned, but still... :-D
Fair enough...I give MS credit for acknowledging a mistake. Hopefully, not too many early adopters got bit. That said, I'm still a cheer-leader for basic QA. I can't imagine how much more basic (than keeping your files) it could be.