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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:54:40 +0100 (CET)
From:	Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT gmx DOT net>
X-X-Sender:	ptsekov AT moria DOT atlanticsky DOT com
To:	Shankar Unni <shankar AT cotagesoft DOT com>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: setup.exe beta (testing needed - really!)
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Shankar Unni wrote:

> Pavel Tsekov asked:
> 
> > Is it possible that the problematic box has X already installed 
> > on it ? If there is an older version of a package already 
> > installed, setup  will try to upgrade it.
> 
> No, it doesn't. The "current" column is blank. Also, there are no
> XFree86 packages in the download directory from before, so that's not a
> factor either, I think.
> 
> Actually, that brings up a good point: how does setup decide if a
> package has been installed, and what version of it? Where does it keep
> this information?

Take a look at /etc/setup/installed.db .



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