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Subject: RE: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 23:57:42 +1000
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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Alexei Lioubimov" <e-complex AT mtu-net DOT ru>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexei Lioubimov [mailto:e-complex AT mtu-net DOT ru] 
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:44 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com; Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
> Subject: Re: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
> 
> 
> Hello Larry,
> I know, that this problem has already been reported 
> (msg01259.html). And i've read your answer to use some 
> mirroring tool (wget) instead before i sent my message to the 
> forum. It seemes to me that you are wrong proposing such 
> solution and it is not the answer to the question.

The solution you propose is also less than satisfactory. It means that
setup won't be looking at what you need, but rather at what you have
'available'. The real cause of the problem is setup's re-download
functionality, which is something I'm seriously considering nuking.

Rob

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