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Subject: RE: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 00:44:29 +1000
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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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   "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: Saturday, April 27, 2002 12:32 AM
> To: Robert Collins; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com; Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
> Subject: Re: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
> 
> 
> Hello Robert,
> Excuse me, but my English is not so good, and i didn't 
> understand one sentence from your answer: "...which is 
> something I'm seriously considering nuking." What does the 
> word "nuking" mean?

Removing/destroying/eliminating. With a sense of anger/frustration.
 
> What is the re-download functionality you are speaking about?

When you select 'download from internet', if you select a package that
is already cached, it deletes the cached copy and downloads the file
again. As it doesn't keep corrupt files, I see no value in this - and it
is the reason you see setup downloading stuff again and again.

Rob

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