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: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:34:46 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: setup.exe 2.78.2.3 bug! Message-ID: <20010706183446.A4472@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010706163229.009f83f0@142.176.136.60> <00d701c10664$b6f74840$6464648a@ca.boeing.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <00d701c10664$b6f74840$6464648a@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:43:10PM -0700 On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:43:10PM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Daniel Doucette" >To: >Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:42 >Subject: setup.exe 2.78.2.3 bug! > >>I recently downloaded setup.exe 2.78.2.3 and used it. If you choose >>"Download from Internet" and select a Local Package Directory, the >>"Select Packages to Download" screen compares the package versions on >>the FTP site with the INSTALLED versions of the packages instead of any >>packages already present in the "Local Package Directory" (These two >>sets are not necessarily the same!). Under the "Current" column, it >>displays the versions of the installed packages too, instead of the >>packages in the "Local Package Directory". If your installed cygwin is >>an earlier version (i.e. you didn't get approval from the boss to >>upgrade but wanted to keep the most current set of packages on your >>machine), and your "Local Package Directory" contains all of the most >>recent packages as yet not installed, the "Select Packages to Download" >>screen will inform you that you have umpteen packages out of date when >>in fact you may only have one or two out of date. You can only find >>out which packages are actually newer than the ones in the "Local >>Package Directory" by selecting "download" and checking the log file >>afterwards. > >This is the currently expected behavior since setup.exe's focus is to >install packages in the Cygwin environment, but I see your point. It >would be nice when just downloading files to have some indication if >the files are already present. I'll keep it in mind the next time I'm >offering a patch to setup.exe. (I am _NOT_ the primary developer of >setup.exe, just an occasional contributor.) I've checked in some changes which should revert to the old behavior. As soon as cygwin-developers checks them out, I'll make a new version available. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/