Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/22/23:15:06
Dennis,
Please keep replies on-list. That way other people browsing the archives
can benefit from knowing that the issue was resolved.
Thanks,
Igor
On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Dennis wrote:
> Igor,
>
> Thanks for pointing that out; there were several X11-related
> packages that I'd unintentionally installed. After removing
> them, setup no longer tries to install the XFree86 packages
> by default.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 08:11 PM
> To: Dennis T Cook
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: setup doesn't show installed packages for which there are
> updates
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Dennis T Cook wrote:
>
> > The latest "setup.exe" doesn't seem to have a view that shows
> > installed packages for which there are updates. The "partial" current
> > view keeps insisting that some of the XFree86 components will be
> > installed and it's necessary to explicitly "skip" each to avoid
> > installing it.
>
> Dennis,
>
> The "Partial" view is intended to show the available updates for installed
> packages *and their dependences*. Apparently, some package that you've
> installed depends on the XFree86 components.
> Igor
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