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Subject: | RE: Setup.exe - snapshot runs but compiled from cvs get application error. |
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Date: | Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:03:43 +1100 |
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Thread-Topic: | Setup.exe - snapshot runs but compiled from cvs get application error. |
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From: | "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> |
To: | <bkeener AT thesoftwaresource DOT com>, <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com> |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Keener [mailto:bkeener AT thesoftwaresource DOT com] > > > Irregardless of my other comments - you current version of > HEAD does resolve > the crash when Download from Internet is selected. Good. > Excellent - now to decide if that is how setup should > actually work. I think I > never liked it asking simply because if we are doing a > download only we were > not going to use it and it actually gives the operator the > impression that we > are going to use it and if they later change their mind - > they now have an > empty directory to get rid of (and they have to) since if > setup does - we might > be destroying a good installation as I might have been simply > doing a test > install to a bogus directory. (Just my second $.02 worth) I don't understand. The root dialog will use their current mount table and won't destroy anything. They don't need to change that root - after all we are simply downloading. I'm happy to accept patches that do a better job though. Rob
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