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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:04:19 +0100
From: Paul <cy DOT 20 DOT superconductor AT xoxy DOT net>
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Dave Korn wrote:
>   By design, setup searches through all the download directories, keeps
> track of all the versions, should know exactly what you've already got and
> never re-download something you already have; if it ever does, it's a bug.

For me setup.exe always seems to compare what I actually have INSTALLED 
with what it downloads rather than what is in the download directory. So 
I have ended up making local 'mirrors' that are missing essential 
utilities, because my machine already had them installed. Similarly it 
seems to download over and over again components I have downloaded but 
not installed.

Paul



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