X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <46259E88 DOT 9050200 AT aaronwl DOT com> <4626B121 DOT 8070206 AT aaronwl DOT com> <4e41f5c20704191012s6d562644oe288255b947a075f AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4627EFD7 DOT 3040803 AT aaronwl DOT com> Subject: RE: Install problem on XP SP2 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:30:17 +0100 Message-ID: <00db01c78326$2064eeb0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <4627EFD7.3040803@aaronwl.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id l3K8V3rF008106 On 19 April 2007 23:40, Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote: > Morgan Gangwere wrote: >> On 4/18/07, Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote: >>> Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote: > >>> Bug 1) Packages are silently not downloaded, when the user assumes that >>> they are. >> >> it LOOKS like they are silently not downloaded. you have to hit >> package dependancies in the package, or the mirror is broken. > > Then I am fundamentally misunderstanding something, because I can't > understand the program in a way that I realize packages are not being > installed--with respect to my point of view, at random. But even if > packages are silently not being selected, possibly due to my > incompetence, if these are critical packages, I'd still appreciate some > sort of error. Dependencies should always be selected, or the 'missing dependency' dialog should appear. > However, it can only verify the package I've downloaded isn't broken > (and only then assuming the md5.sum hasn't been tampered with). It > cannot tell me that I somehow didn't get a package. Have you checked if any postinstall scripts have failed? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/