X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <483B7F60.6050002@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 23:26:24 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Why I hate updates References: <1211808501 DOT 4769 DOT ezmlm AT cygwin DOT com> <1211846188 DOT 16349 DOT 107 DOT camel AT sd> In-Reply-To: <1211846188.16349.107.camel@sd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Richard Foulk wrote: > I've asked a few update related questions over the years and mostly > gotten > no answers. I now update only occasionally and expect to have to reload > and reconfigure from time to time. > > That's just the way it goes. Setup doesn't even recover from failed > file transfers very well. Often blows the whole system or causes > setup to be unable to run again, requiring a fresh install. A setup > error *usually* means starting over from scratch. > > Not a very production-friendly system. I'd recommend reporting the details of problems you encounter with "setup.exe", if nothing else. It's always possible you're seeing a bug that could be resolved with some effort. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/