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Subject: Re: Problems with setup handling of gcc-core & gcc-testsuite
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Cygwin General Discussion <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT cox DOT net>
Cc: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:15:55 +1100

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On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 07:10, David A. Cobb wrote:
> >
> Well, I read that.  It doesn't sound like the same thing.
>=20
> The first time I saw it, I explicitly selected "Install" the gcc-core. =20
> However, it keeps showing up as something to be installed.=20
> It still shows with the "new or omitted" packages view. =20
> My hypothesis is that, because it is a source-only package, setup never=20
> records it in INSTALLED.DB (?).
> Hey, I can probably edit the database myself - I'm pretty sure it's=20
> text.  But that wouldn't solve the perceived problem.

Source packages do not get listed as installed.=20
If you want something that contains source to be listed as installed,
and uninstallable, you need a binary package that contains source code -
like the kernel-source packages on debian.

Rob
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