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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:04:43 -0800
From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com>
To: braumann AT izbi DOT uni-leipzig DOT de
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: install native/x11 ghostscript
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:41:30 +0100
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Ulf-Dietrich Braumann <braumann AT izbi DOT uni-leipzig DOT de> wrote:

> My question simply is, why setup recommends installing the
> native gs even if the x11 version was already installed, or even
> further, if there is some mechanism to ensure exclusive installation
> of such packages.

This is a *very* good question; unfortunately my knowledge of
setup.exe's inner workings is very limited.  Hopefully someone else
(cgf, Chuck, Nicholas, ?) might be able to answer this one.

--
Dario Alcocer
Cygwin ghostscript maintainer

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