Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <600B91D5E4B8D211A58C00902724252C01BC0393@piramida.hermes.si> From: David Balazic To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: setup.exe what versions ? Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:01:10 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hermes.si Maybe I am misunderstanding something here. I do not have gcc installed currently. I wnat it to be installed. If I select "Keep" , that will leave it uninstalled, right ? So I must select a version, right ? I can't try anything right now, as I am updating everything. Regards, David > ---------- > From: Igor Pechtchanski[SMTP:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu] > Reply To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Sent: 20. oktober 2003 16:58 > To: David Balazic > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: RE: setup.exe what versions ? > > Setup already supports versioned dependences. However, it was decided not > to use those, as it'll only add to the confusion. Simply upgrade to the > latest Cygwin, and things should work. If they don't, report a bug, and > it will be fixed eventually. > > The message you quoted below was referring to the fact that when you > manually cycle through versions in the chooser, you will go through the > Test versions of packages as well. If you simply select "Curr" and don't > change package versions except to "Keep/Skip", you should not get Test > versions of anything. In general, it's best to go with the version > suggested by setup in a given mode and to not select a particular version > manually unless you know exactly what you're doing. > Igor > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, David Balazic wrote: > > > What happened to that automatic dependency checking, > > that was talked about a few months ago ? > > > > And what about "test versions should not appear for selection if Exp is > not > > choosen" ? > > I quote Larry Hall : > > > > Setup offers test versions to you even when > > you don't specify "Exp". But it's always done this. It's just more > > noticeable now. It will go away in a few weeks when 1.5.x becomes > "Curr". > > > > > > > From: Igor Pechtchanski > > > Sent: 20. oktober 2003 16:38 > > > > > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, David Balazic wrote: > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I already have cygwin installed and want to install gcc ( I do not > have > > > > it currently installed ). > > > > > > > > I run setup.exe, and have two options for gcc , versions 3.3.1-2 and > 3.2-3. > > > > > > > > Now I had some problems last time with some experimental package > > > > versions that are not compatible to the rest and therefore do not > work > > > > at all. > > > > > > > > So my question is, which gcc version is non-experimental ? > > > > The older version ? > > > > I there some simple rule ? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance ! > > > > David > > > > > > The simplest thing you can do is look at the announcements for each > > > version and see whether they mention anything special (like requiring > > > Cygwin 1.5.*). The announcements are in the cygwin-announce archives > (at, > > > for example, ). HTH, > > > Igor > > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route > to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/