X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20091223170759.GA29740@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <20091223113731.GH17465@calimero.vinschen.de> <20091223170759.GA29740@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:56:23 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation From: Robert Pendell To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:24:52AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >>On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >>>release area. =C2=A0??If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a >>>mirror which hasn't catched up with the update yet, you are in danger >>>to overwrite your 1.7 installation with a Cygwin 1.5.25-based >>>installation. >>> >>>Be *VERY* careful to check the packages setup tries to update. =C2=A0??If >>>you see that it tries to "update" your Cygwin from 1.7.0-68 to >>>1.5.25-15, then CANCEL setup.exe IMMEDIATELY and try another mirror. >>> >>>Hopefully this negative side-effect has been rectified by the mirror >>>updates within the next 24 hours. >> >>Yes. =C2=A0I noticed that and thanks for posting the message about it. = =C2=A0I >>have globally denied access to my mirror for the moment until >>unscheduled update is done. =C2=A0Once the update has completed it will be >>opened up again so if you are getting forbidden errors on it then you >>know why. > > If people are really able to use out-of-date mirrors without getting a > warning then perhaps one of our vast pool of setup.exe developers would > be interested in figuring out why? > > cgf Well I use my own mirror too so I wanted to get it up to date anyways. The warning does come up when the mirror is not on the list so that is not the issue. I think it is very possible for someone to click yes anyways and end up downgrading their install by accident. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple