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From: "Matthew O. Persico" <persicom AT acedsl DOT com>
To: <huntharo AT msu DOT edu>, <cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com>
CC: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 19:19:02 -0400
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Message-ID: <20035919192.854410@mopxp>
Subject: Re: Wanted X, got Perl - operator error or prequisiste
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On Fri, 09 May 2003 09:11:22 -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>Matt,
>
>>When I selected the XFree stuff, I started setup.exe and it was in
>>category mode. The only category I picked/expanded was XFree. So,
>>at least in
>>this session, I did not select any other packages except for what
>>was under XFree. If I had selected them in any other session, I
>>would have had
>>Perl downloaded in that session. Selections that are not installed
>>are not stored between invocations ( I just proved that).
>>
>>So there is either a bug in the program or a bug in my head. If I
>>had to make a bet, I'd bet on the bug being in my head, in spite of
>>my protests to
>>the contrary above. :-)
>
>I just did a test of selecting only the XFree86 category in
>setup.exe...
>perl still was not selected.  You must have just accidentally bumped
>something.
>

I've come to the same conclusion. Ah, 'user' can definitely be a four-letter-word sometimes. :_0

--
Matthew O. Persico




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