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Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:18:46 -0500
To:	Pradip Jadav <pradipjadav AT gmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Reuse of old downloded cygwin packages
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At 03:43 AM 3/21/2005, you wrote:
>ok 
>The problem is resolved..
>Actually I was copying folder from one hard-drive to another in DOS
>mode.so what happened .....all filenames and foldernames more than 6
>characters were renamed.. e.g.  libgpg-error folder was renamed to
>LIBGPG~1 and  libgpg-error-1.0-2.tar.bz2 file renamed to 
>LIBGPG~1.BZ2.
>hence the setup was not detecting all packages...
>Now if u dont mind I just want ask whether this problem can be
>fixed??? 


Sure, if someone has the time and interest to create a patch for this 
corner case.  I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for such a patch to be
generated by someone else however.  




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