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On 11/03/2013 23:21, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 06:03:08PM +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 05/03/2013 16:22, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 05:11:34PM +0100, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>>>> I have GCC-4.5.3 installed and I am not going to install the test 
>>>> version 4.7.2-1, but setup.exe *wants* to install libquadmath0-4.7.2-1 
>>>> even if I have selected "Curr" packages (which should exclude any 
>>>> reference to 4.7.2 version...).
>>>>
>>>> Have we sure it isn't a packaging bug?
>>> The crude dependency handling in setup.exe isn't up to the task of
>>> allowing per-version dependencies.  So this probably came along because
>>> it's required for a newer version of gcc.
>> When last we spoke (on the -apps list), it was suggested that the
>> dependencies should remain correct for the curr: version, and people
>> installing the test: version should manually install the required
>> dependencies.
> 
> Dave, I've pinged you on the -apps list and you haven't responded.

  How recently?  I've got a backlog of 2400 unread mails there (and 8682 mails
here).  Yes, I've been away, but I can now commit to being back on the case;
the project I've been working on for the past god-knows-how-long is done.
I've already got back to work on upstream GCC and would like to get back to
work on Cygwin.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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