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Date:	Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:10:36 -0600
From:	Charles Plager <cplager+cygwin AT physics DOT ucla DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: Request: Cgywin version dependancy listed in setup
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Larry Hall wrote:

> Setup will eventually handle version dependencies too (it may be set up 
> for it now, I didn't check).  That means that setup will understand if
> it's dependencies need to be updated as well.  For now, you don't have
> that option (either because it's not completely there yet in setup or
> because the packages aren't making use of it).  However it is something 
> that has been discussed, though probably just on the cygwin-apps list.

The cygwin setup too assumes that you want to, by default, update all 
packages that are newer on the mirror than on your machine.  Is it 
currently possible/will it be possible to tell setup that you want to 
leave your installation alone by default and just pick what packages you 
want to update?  I realize that you can force this by going to the 
"partial" view and telling every package that you want to keep what you 
have, but it isn't ideal.

I do realize that in general, you want people to be upgrading to the 
latest versions as you don't want to be supporting too many different 
versions, but that isn't always the best choice for some of us.

	TIA,
	  Charles	

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