There have been some reports about issues with the Updater not updating anymore. Please try the latest beta version and switch to another IP Check provider instead of the previous default dnsomatic.com. For some reason they are rate-limiting the number of requests to their service. The new IP Check provider selection allows you to choose another provider in such cases. You can test the functionality with the new "Test" panel.
If you want to add a custom provider to the unstable testing version, store a JSON file like the following under %PROGRAMDATA%\Marcs Updater\ServiceProviders\dyndns.json
:
{ "name": "DynDNS.org (Test)", "endpoint": "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update", "method": "GET", "queryString": "hostname={HOSTNAME}&myip={MYIP}", "dataPayload": "", "defaults": { "username": "test", "password": "test", "hostname": "test1.customtest.dyndns.org" } }
Supported query and payload tags are {USERNAME}
, {PASSWORD}
, {HOSTNAME}
and {MYIP}
. Restart the background service and foreground application to apply any changes.
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Released version 1.5.0.237
- Fixed automatic updater crashing while closing itself.
The new installer will try to kill frozen update processes running build 1.5.0.235 or 1.5.0.236. An update from these builds should run without any trouble.
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Curious, if I've successfully updated from 1.5.0.235 to 1.5.0.236 (manually and without a computer restart as per your instructions below), is there any need at all to update to version 1.5.0.237?
I mean is this just an installer fix or does this release contain anything other (features/program bug fixes) than installer related stuff?
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The bug was not in the installer, but the automatic updater. This crash has been fixed and will allow you to update to future versions without any trouble. So, yes, you should update to the newest version (automatically).
The installer just also contains a workaround, to allow updates from 235 and 236 which have a broken automatic updater.