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Subject: Re: setup overwriting ?experimental? installed packages
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Dylan Cuthbert <dylan AT q-games DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-Reply-To: <aj4ht3$i2c$1@main.gmane.org>
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	<1028933924 DOT 16094 DOT 192 DOT camel AT lifelesswks>  <aj4ht3$i2c$1 AT main DOT gmane DOT org>
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Date: 11 Aug 2002 13:42:43 +1000
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On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 12:27, Dylan Cuthbert wrote:
> Hey Robert, for some reason, all your messages (and only yours) appear as
> attachments in Outlook Express, and you know what mum says about opening
> attachments from strangers.

Outlook express is not rfc 3156 and rfc 1847 conformant. Try a
non-broken mailer, i.e. Outlook with the PGP extensions, or MUTT.
=20
> I don't think he's complaining about this - the current release should be
> installed in that case.=20

No it shouldn't. I explained why in the email.

> The problem is, for example, we install gcc 3.1.1
> from the exp. listing, then we run setup again and install the latest
> "current" releases and gcc 3.1.1 gets overwritten by gcc 2.95-3 (or whate=
ver
> it is).  Its also something that's been bothering me, and I've had to
> re-install numerous exp. packages because of it.

'Leave higher versions alone' is not a good heuristic. It prevents
reliable maintenance for folk using 'prev' a lot.

Why not go and read my previous discussion on cygwin-apps, rather than
(apaprently) assuming I don't understand the issue?

Rob


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