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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:28:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Brian Keener wrote:

> Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> > My workaround for setup.exe's behaviour is:
> >    build & install perl-5.8 yourself from source.
> >
> How about simply explaining that setups default behavior (for the less
> adventurous and experienced) has always been to keep your packages AT Current
> (the recommended version).  Therefore in an attempt to accomplish this it will
> try to downgrade to 5.6 which is current.  If you wish to stay AT the test
> version simply change the status to keep.
>
> Granted it would be nice if I had previously elected to install a test version
> that setup accept this decision and leave that version installed, but until the
> bug is fixed and to keep folks from attempting to circumvent Setup and creating
> more issues - the above might be a better response that circumventing setup or
> building their own.
>
> bk

You can also always choose the Exp mode of setup...  Currently, there are
2 things that are marked Exp: perl-5.8 and the new ncurses...  You can
then deselect the new ncurses...
	Igor
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