X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:35 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation Message-ID: <20091223180035.GA30667@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20091223113731.GH17465@calimero.vinschen.de> <20091223170759.GA29740@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 12:56:23PM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >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. Are you saying that you actually *saw* the message? In that case, you ignore the warning at your peril. >I think it is very possible for someone to click yes anyways and end up >downgrading their install by accident. Yes, I'm aware of the fact that people do stupid things. I do read the Cygwin mailing list, after all. cgf -- 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