Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 10:11:54 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [avail for test] readline-4.2-1 Message-ID: <20010603101154.F23205@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com References: <3B19D318.C71AAD1C@ece.gatech.edu> <011301c0ebf4$31b61ce0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> <3B19D7C2.62C1FC9D@ece.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3B19D7C2.62C1FC9D@ece.gatech.edu>; from cwilson@ece.gatech.edu on Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:22:58AM -0400 On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:22:58AM -0400, Charles S. Wilson wrote: >Robert Collins wrote: >> Charles Wilson wrote: >> > HOWEVER!!! Setup will *uninstall* the old dll when upgrading readline. >> SNIP >> >> I think this is the first time this has occured with the new setup. > >No, setup always uninstalls the previous package before installing the >new one. That's what the installed.db file and the >/etc/setup/readline.lst.gz file are used for. There are sneaky ways >around this (a little thought and a peek at the setup.exe source would >reveal them) but simple saving the old dll's is much simpler than the >sneaky stuff. Couldn't you include the old DLLs in the new package? cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple