Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/11/26/12:44:52
Tried it on three machines, one to upgrade packages (cygwin, tcsh) one to
just add a few things and one for a new install all as install from
internet.
upgrade went fine on windows 2k pro (well it still works :)
adding went fine (win 2k pro) (well from a quick test of added apps)
clean install on win 2k server went fine, added my domains users to
/etc/passwd, created the symlinks in /etc fine. Perl seems happy as does
sshd. the only odd thing being that i have a directory named default in my
home directory for some reason.
I didnt notice the md5 check though and none of the machines i tested it on
are blisteringly fast machines (fastest was a pIII 600) so i doubt it went
too fast for me to notice. When should i have seen the md5 test ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Collins" <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: New setup.exe beta.
> We're at that time again, where your testing directly influences the
> quality of setup.exe that you get to run.
>
> So,
> at http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/ there is a new setup.exe
> snapshot, that is (as far as we know) devoid of major bugs.
>
> It has many many new features. They include:
>
> * More command line options.
> * Can disable McAfee temporarily (for users who get blue screens when
> installing cygwin).
> * Better FTP server support.
> * Faster setup.ini parser (usable on > 1Mb ini files), and
> * Support for dpkg style syntax in setup.ini - that is the 'Sources' and
> 'Releases' syntax. This allows versioned file dependencies amongst other
> things.
> * Builds with g++-3, so will build OOTB on a current cygwin install.
> * GUI feedback during MD5 verification, so you can tell your machine has
> not crashed!
> * And many more quality tweaks.
>
> A BIG thanks to the net contributors who have helped make this beta what
> it is. I'll dig up a full list of names from the ChangeLog when we
> actually release setup.exe :}.
>
> Please, please, try this setup.exe out and tell us what you think.
>
> Rob
>
>
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> ---
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> ---
>
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