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Robert Collins wrote: > No, I wrote that code 3 days ago. Until then it always reset the cache > location to the current working directory. Oops - thats why I remember it always defaulting - cause it was using the setup.exe working directory. > > What we are saying is don't expect the user to start the install when no cygwin > > is installed by forcing the entry of the cygwin root so that you can store the > > last-cache file in the cygwin directory. In the absence of an installed > > Yes. Thats what I am saying I will accept a patch for. okay > > version of cygwin then store the last cache wherever setup is located - just as > > setup has always done in the past with the setup.log and setup.log.full. > > Thats an ok idea. However, you will also need to change the logic for Well what does setup do now with setup.log and setup.log.full or have those been removed > > At the point of doing a Download only why am I even concerned with the mount > > points except to determine if cygwin is installed or not (which by the way is a > > good reason but should a download only even care) and then to base certain > > other functions on that result. > > Because there are two basic download only scenarios. > 1) Download to take to other machines via zip disk etc - this machine > doesn't get involved in cygwin at all. > 2) Download for _this machine_ and for other via a networked cache dir. > You may not want to install the packages you download immediately on > this machine. Actually both of these scenarios are exactly what I am talking about and in either case Cygwin might or might not be installed and I may or may not be ready to say where I want my cygwin root to be and I might want to back up my cache of setup and its downloaded packages and it sure would be nice if I only had one location to deal with. As I parting thought on this subject let me simply say Last-cache is a setup file not a cygwin file just as setup.log and setup.log.full are setup files and therefore belong with setup. I understand you have made your decision and obviously as maintainer that is your right and you will accept a patch so I will now bow out - others may carry on this discussion if they so choose.
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