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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@syncretize.net>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
References: <009c01c20e37$d925d2c0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>
Subject: Re: Crashing setup.exe
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:17:29 +0100
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Robert Collins <robert.collins@syncretize.net> wrote:
>> I appreciate you are trying to prevent aimless discussion,
>> but setup's cache
>> _cannot_ be a black box.
> 
> I realize this. In fact it's not - and I've not suggested it be a black
> box... There are other bits of software - like the setup cache cleaner -
> that are very useful. They are intimately linked with setup's treatment
> of the cache however, and will have to change as it changes. What I'm
> trying to avoid is setup.exe's users getting the impression that there
> is any manipulation needed for setup to operate correctly.

Yes.

Max.



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