Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <50A89B19AEAAD411B9D200A0C9FB5699E88D9C@craius.cportcorp.com> From: Peter Buckley To: "'Frank North'" Cc: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Installer cannot find packages Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:40:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" This was recently discussed on the list- and have you tried searching the archives with google? At www.google.com, you search for setup update site:cygwin.com The following is a recent discussion of setup behaviour- I cut and pasted the emails. HTH, Peter Hello, 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packages as yet not installed, the "Select Packages to Download" screen will inform you that you have umpteen packages out of date when in fact you may only have one or two out of date.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. =================================== John Daniel Doucette, Sr. Software Designer J. J. MacKay Canada Limited Halifax R & D Office 1046 Barrington Street, 1st Floor Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 2R1 Phone 902.423.7727 x222 Fax 902.422.8108 Web www . jjmackay . ca Email john . doucette @ jjmackay . ca =================================== -- 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/ ----- 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.) If you can figure out how to do it, feel free to submit a patch to Cygwin-patches AT sources DOT redhat DOT com. The source is available in CVS subdirectory winsup/cinstall. See the "Contributing" link at http://cygwin.com/ . -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- 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/ 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/ -----Original Message----- From: Floyd Harriott [mailto:fharriott AT stellate DOT com] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:27 AM To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Q: nothing to install/update when using setup from local directory I've tried to search the archive but I can't find anything about my problem. My apologies if this has been answered before. Tale: I've downloaded all the packages that are available in the 'latest' directory to my computer. I've moved each *.tar.gz file to a "tempInstall" directory on my local hardrive. I've copied the setup.exe file to this "tempInstall" directory. When I run the setup application choose the following options. 1) install from local directory 2) local package directory =G:\download\latest\tempInstall\ 3) Select install root directory= F:/cygwin 4) Default text format= DOS 5) Install for =All 6) Select Packages to Install "Nothing to Install/Update" Question: Why are there no packages to install in this final list? How can I fix this? _________________ Floyd Harriott, Programmer Analyst Stellate Systems Tel: +1 (514) 486-1306 ext. 104 Fax: +1 (514) 486-0694 www.stellate.com -- 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/ -----Original Message----- From: Frank North [mailto:frank DOT north AT sonydnse DOT com] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:48 AM To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Installer cannot find packages Platform : NT SP6 I have downloaded the installer from you site. I ran it and then opted to download the files to my hard disk. I downloaded them to c:/tmp/latest and the setup program to c:/tmp From your website If you want to manually select the packages, download them to your local disk, putting them in an empty temporary directory. Then, download the setup.exe program to the same directory and run it from there. When I run the installer I select local package directory as c:/tmp/latest but when it comes to determine the packages it says there are no packages to install ? ( Also tried c:/tmp ? ) -- Frank North Software Engineer Sony Network Entertainment Europe Jays Close, Viables Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB United Kingdom frank DOT north AT sonydnse DOT com Tel +44 01256 48 3543 Fax +44 01256 48 3591 ************************************************************************* The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be privileged and confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. 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