Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/05/08/07:36:57
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:26:03AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>
>> > That is, it starts on 2.41-2, but never goes back to that
>> > version.
>>
>> Hmm, that /is/ odd. In fact, it sounds like it might be a weird setup
>> bug i.e. an installed version that is no longer available messes up the
>> cycle. I would definitely try a setup snapshot and checking the log as
>> per Brian's advice (although I'm not sure if the log will help since
>> setup does seem to know about the new version). If you're feeling
>> adventurous you could download the setup source code and have a look
>> around. :-)
>
>Yes, it is a setup bug. And yes, I'm pretty sure it's been reported
>before. It only happens when you have a version installed that's so old
>it's no longer available on the mirror, I think.
>
>Every time I go to try to track down these kind of bugs I become
>overwhelmed by the mess of spaghetti code that handles the 'cycle
>selection' thing. It's hard to follow and hard to maintain, and I'd
>like one day to start over and rewrite that part with a more logical
>structure.
I wonder if that code still has remnants of my attempt to rewrite this
years ago. If so, I apologize for how bad it is. It wasn't one of my
best efforts.
cgf
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