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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:12:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Where can I get the source code for setup.exe
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, aschwarz1309 wrote:

> > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Dan Ch wrote:
> >
> > > The current version of setup.exe is 2.457.2.1 but the Cygwin
> > > distribution contains version 2.427, i.e. setup installs the 2.427
> > > source code instead of 2.457.2.1.
> >
> > See <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html>.  The version
> > of the executable is determined by the revision of ChangeLog.
> > HTH,
> > 	Igor

Art,

I set a Reply-To header on my messages -- please make sure your mailer
respects it.  Also, your method of quoting leaves much to be desired, as
it makes no visual distinction between your reply and the quoted
message...  More below.

> Unfortunately Setup-2.427.1.1 did not compile for me (missing
> files/classes).

(* Consults crystal ball... *)  Nope, no luck.  My crystal ball is very
clouded today.  Mind telling us the exact things you've tried and the
exact errors you got?

> None of the messages I posted to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com were ever put onto
> the mailing list nor answered (I sent three messages by two different
> mailors). Getting the hint, I stopped posting messages.

Aside to CGF:
Hey, CGF!  I was sure you had better things to do than set up a filter
that specifically rejects any posts from Art...  That's going way beyond
mean!

Art, have you tried sending a plain text message instead of an HTML one?
All HTML mail is rejected on this list.

> If this message get's through it will be something of a miracle.

It's a miracle! :-D

> I think that some Windows specific classes are used. In order to compile
> Setup you have to have access to the classes. I did try to compile the
> program using Visual Studio C++ unsuccessfully, but the effort was
> really a trial balloon and I didn't pursue it.

Setup.exe sources are designed to be compiled with gcc on Cygwin.  None of
the Windows-specific classes are used, beyond those provided by the w32api
package (and those aren't classes, but function headers and macros,
mostly).  I don't think it'll even compile with VSC++.
Did you install w32api?  The various -devel packages?

> If you are one of the extremely lucky, you might be able to compile the
> code and get help from someone, anyone. If so, maybe you can send me an
> e-mail indicating what you did?

The URL that I referred Dan to contains instructions for building
setup.exe from CVS sources.  If you had followed the instructions, please
provide a transcript of your commands and any errors you got (feel free to
snip out the parts of the build that succeeded).
	Igor
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