Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [129.78.64.17] From: "Gareth Pearce" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setup.exe Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 03:38:45 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2002 03:38:46.0351 (UTC) FILETIME=[9C3E75F0:01C1B2AD] Good - that left the mark on the archive. > >Gareth Pearce wrote: > > >>>On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 06:31:01PM -0800, Michael wrote: >>> >Setup.exe seems to crash and burn rather ungracefully if setup.ini is >>> >missing it's timestamp and version lines at the top. >>> >>>Doctor, doctor! It hurts when I do this... >>> >>>Luckily that will never be an issue for cygwin setup. >>> >>>cgf >> >> >>I assume this is a statement that rolling your own setup.ini for ease of >>private instalations is not supported. Even though it seems to be a >>regually suggested as a thing to do. > > >Of course it's not supported per se(*) -- but it IS allowed. Just don't >do it wrong: Doctor, it hurts when I leave the timestamp and version >lines out of my setup.ini. Then make sure your custom version.in HAS >timestamp and version info. Sheesh. > >(*)Support implies some obligation on our part to make sure that your >intended use works. We accept no such obligation -- our obligation is >to insure that the cygwin dist itself, as propagated on the mirror >system, works with our cygwin setup tool. Period. > >--Chuck > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- 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/