Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/07/06/15:47:24
Hello,
I recently downloaded setup.exe 2.78.2.3 and used it. If you choose
"Download from Internet" and select a Local Package Directory, the "Select
Packages to Download" screen compares the package versions on the FTP site
with the INSTALLED versions of the packages instead of any packages already
present in the "Local Package Directory" (These two sets are not
necessarily the same!). Under the "Current" column, it displays the
versions of the installed packages too, instead of the packages in the
"Local Package Directory". If your installed cygwin is an earlier version
(i.e. you didn't get approval from the boss to upgrade but wanted to keep
the most current set of packages on your machine), and your "Local Package
Directory" contains all of the most recent packages as yet not installed,
the "Select Packages to Download" screen will inform you that you have
umpteen packages out of date when in fact you may only have one or two out
of date. You can only find out which packages are actually newer than the
ones in the "Local Package Directory" by selecting "download" and checking
the log file afterwards.
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John Daniel Doucette, Sr. Software Designer
J. J. MacKay Canada Limited
Halifax R & D Office
1046 Barrington Street, 1st Floor
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
B3H 2R1
Phone 902.423.7727 x222
Fax 902.422.8108
Web www . jjmackay . ca
Email john . doucette @ jjmackay . ca
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