X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
Message-ID:	<43D46B88.FD612AE@dessent.net>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:37:12 -0800
From:	Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cygwin Setup: Fatal Error: Uncaught Exception
References:	<43D467F0 DOT 4020706 AT tlinx DOT org>
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

Linda Walsh wrote:

> Is an application crash the expected behavior when
> package validation fails?  Maybe it should mark it unusable
> or delete it?

At the moment, yes.  It's a consequence of a change in the md5
checking.  It just means you need to delete the package, as it has the
wrong size or checksum.  It's on the todo list to clean this up.

Brian

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -