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Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:34:46 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: setup.exe 2.78.2.3 bug!
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In-Reply-To:	<00d701c10664$b6f74840$6464648a@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:43:10PM -0700

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:43:10PM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Daniel Doucette" <john DOT doucette AT jjmackay DOT ca>
>To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:42
>Subject: setup.exe 2.78.2.3 bug!
>
>>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screen will inform you that you have umpteen packages out of date when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in fact you may only have one or two out of date.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.
>
>This is the currently expected behavior since setup.exe's focus is to
>install packages in the Cygwin environment, but I see your point.  It
>would be nice when just downloading files to have some indication if
>the files are already present.  I'll keep it in mind the next time I'm
>offering a patch to setup.exe.  (I am _NOT_ the primary developer of
>setup.exe, just an occasional contributor.)

I've checked in some changes which should revert to the old behavior.
As soon as cygwin-developers checks them out, I'll make a new version
available.

cgf

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