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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:01:34 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Bug in setup.exe 2.194.2.24
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 08:33:02PM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:22:08AM -0700, Michael A Chase wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:41:04 +0100 Alan Hourihane <alanh AT fairlite DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>>I think this is because you haven't installed the packages yet.  I
>>think setup.exe gets the current version information from the installed
>>package not the download directory.
>
>This isn't the way it used to work, and shouldn't in my opinion.

I think you're right and I agree.

>setup.exe should know what it's downloaded and not installed.

Yep.  I thought I added code to do that in the previous version but
it's been so long that I'm not sure.

And, (bwahaha) I don't have time to look into this myself right now.

However, if Robert indicates that this is not the desired behavior
then maybe someone else (*cough*, Michael, *cough*) might have time
to look into this?

cgf

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