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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Chuck" <skilover AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Installer question
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:40:28 -0000
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Chuck wrote:
> Is there a way to tell the installer never to update findutils? The
> current version of that package is still broken and every time I update
> other packages, it installs the newer findutils by default. I want it to
> ignore findutils while still updating other packages.

Unfortunately, no.

It would be nice.

No-ones coded such behaviour, though.

Max.


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