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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:20:08 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
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To: Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: setup.exe enhancement request, proceed on error after logging error to setup.log
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Greetings, Keith Christian!

> Today I am reinstalling Cygwin to fix a DLL package, taking awhile but
> worth the wait  (-:  (-:

> Setup paused with a dialog to report a missing .xz file.  I saw the
> error a half hour later.

> Would the maintainers (Achim?  Jon?) be willing to consider an option
> box log errors to the setup.log file and "Skip non-fatal errors and
> continue?"

The problem is that Setup can't know if the problem is fatal or not.
And in case of a missing archive, the problem is likely the former.

However, if you can code it in a fool-proof way, https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC .


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 19:16:51

Sorry for my terrible english...


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