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Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 20:59:29 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: A bug (?) in the current setup.exe 2.78.2.15
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On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 11:44:27AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>> 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.

Yes.  I agree.  I use this for testing new releases all the time.  I just
copy a new version of the tar ball to a directory on my system and install
it via setup.exe.

>> 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) :].

Sounds like the zip '-f' option....

cgf

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