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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:24:28 -0600
From: Robert Bercik <bercikr@georgetown.edu>
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To: Earnie Boyd <cygwin@cygwin.com>
CC: Jim Balter <jqb@digisle.net>
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Earnie Boyd wrote:

> Jim Balter wrote:
> >
> > I have a symlink from /bin to /usr/bin.
> > Setup tells me that it is going to delete /usr/bin to
> > put a directory there.  Aside from that being a dumb
> > thing to do when it is already a symlink to a directory,
> > there isn't even a cancel button on the popup.  Of course,
> > if there were a cancel button, I suppose it would just
> > exit the program like the cancel button on the download
> > popup does, instead of going to the previous state
> > like any *sensible* program would do.  I can't imagine that
> > this thing goes through any sort of QA; certainly none of
> > the QA engineers I know would allow this sort of user interface
> > to pass.
> >
>
> If *you* can do it better, then please *do*.  Submit a patch, complete
> the assignment forms and your patch will be gratefully considered.  Oh,
> and don't forget to have *your* QA engineers test it.
>
> That aside, why would you change the way setup installed it in the first
> place?  Especially, if you plan to use the same tool to upgrade your
> software.
>
> Earnie.
>
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