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Subject:	Re: setup and file-conflicts
From:	Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	Sven =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hler?= <skoehler AT upb DOT de>
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Date:	29 Jul 2002 09:10:55 +1000
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On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 04:24, Sven K=F6hler wrote:
> hi!
>=20
> the cygwin-setup currently overwrites files in /etc without a warning.=20
> it happened to me while updating the squid-package.
> there should be a warning or the new file is given a new name like
> /etc/.cygwin.squid.conf if the file squid.conf already exists.

Actually, setup deleted the old squid.conf w/o warning - it didn't leave
it there to be overwriten. It was a packaging bug, as the announcement
on cygwin-announce described. If you are not subscribed to
cygwin-announce, well I suggest that you do so.
=20
> another strange thing happened, when i was installing 2 packages that=20
> both contained the same file. after uninstalling, the file was gone and=20
> i had to reinstall the other package.
> this could/should perhaps be avoided by using some hashes.

Known bug, in the TODO list. Thanks for the report anyway.

Rob


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