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Subject: Re: A bug (?) in the current setup.exe 2.78.2.15
From: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Date: 04 Nov 2001 11:44:27 +1100
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On Sun, 2001-11-04 at 05:20, Brian Keener wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
> > Does this imply that the older file is explicitly marked as TEST
> > somewhere?
> 
> I'm not sure if it has to do totally with TEST, and I think you could get the 
> same problem with CURR VS TEST or CURR VS PREV.  I believe it is simply a 
> matter of the first available hole and we plug in a higher version number - but 
> I haven't look at the most recent code but I have played with it in the past.

Ah, that jibes with what Chris said in his patch. I think I see it now.

> > As for that algo, yes it sounds buggy to me. I think the solution should
> > be that if a package has no explicit trust (we have to guess at
> > prev/curr/test) and it's greater than the version in TEST and its a
> > locally scanned file, we just ignore it. That or replace the current
> > TEST item with the new greater versioned one.
> 
> I always wanted to modify the logic in the scan_downloaded files such that it 
> reorganized the files in the structure (prev,current,test) based on the version 
> numbers - sort of ignoring what setup.ini had for prev, curr, and test.  Bear 
> in mind here - I am only referring to when you install from local directory not 
> the install from internet or download from internet options.

k.
 
> When you install from the internet or download from the internet - there is no 
> reason to be adding files from the hard disk to the structure.  Installing from 

Actually, there may be. It allows a nice 'merged' view of the packages
available. It would be sad to lose that.

> the internet should be based on setup.ini and download from the internet (in my 
> opinion) should be based on what is available according to setup.ini and does 
> not exist on my hard drive already and then also give you the option of 
> redownloading from the internet the files that exist on your hard drive that 
> setup knows about.

Sounds neat... Added to the wishlist (and patches are gratefully
accepted) :].

Rob


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