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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:25:24 -0600 (CST)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT cox DOT net>,
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Subject: Re: Problems with setup handling of gcc-core & gcc-testsuite
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, David A. Cobb wrote:

> I couldn't find this in the archives, but the two packages gcc-core &
> gcc-testsuite, which are distinguished by being source-only,
> never get registered as "installed."  Setup has now re-installed them
> about 6 times.  I know, I don't need to select them; however,
> I figured there was some likelihood they weren't correctly installed the
> previous time.
>
They get selected automatically if one just chooses all->install as I
usually do.

It is an outstanding bug that has been reported several times in various
guises.  See this thread for one of them:

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-11/msg00536.html

AFAIK, no one seems to care enough to fix it.

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Brian Ford
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VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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