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Subject: Re: setup release candidate - please test
From: Jon Turney <jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk>
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:05:39 +0100
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On 17/05/2017 20:38, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 16/05/2017 15:06, Jon Turney wrote:
>> I don't know why unrecognized options aren't fatal errors.
> 
> So, I might have been misled by my low opinion of setup here:
> 
>> $ ./setup-x86_64 --user-agent=anything
>>
>> Error during option processing.
> [...]
> 
> Can you give an example of a setup command line containing an invalid 
> option which "quietly does nothing" rather than reporting an error?
> 
>> Depending on the results of the tests suggested with wget, I may
>> consider changing or removing the user-agent reported by cygwin setup,
>> or providing such an option.
> 
> This snapshot adds a --user-agent option, which allows the user agent 
> string to be specified.
> 
> https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.878-8-gee3cea.x86.exe
> https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.878-8-gee3cea.x86_64.exe

Ping?

Could you let me know if this helps, or if you've given up, so I know 
what to do with these patches?

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