X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:message-id; q=dns; s=default; b=BAeV/DdPL8gabPkoVkM5 b29PHRzShZp9PRBuY3/7VyfYxuPxxSMrXb1+66EpYmeze8Y0ffo/8pbcupdOGvti U/rM9a0trr9eBCEf/G1tUc0byE4lb5fKz2vuP24nZy9ZHeWX++D9iGzUz+aTl5tE VX7sKsvGdHfoI3FgMI6xc1E= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:message-id; s=default; bh=uaxjf4SxXEsXLSEZq7eJNZ0qkm I=; b=diXGnuUkBmDjS0A0LIgIBYsyZ0hF8smQBNA7oeEers52g7jXiu+WcOguJi 87HJmgcL+yWjEZZurqYfUc36fdHqZnrtMoBjWEEv8zVna3nxpkzktDy9A8E3E4Qf pVawCkeaeaq3oQU5GTsQ79HawK8muwU0El+oKmDFVFFOQ0RPQ= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*F:D*nl, Hx-spam-relays-external:ESMTPA X-HELO: lb3-smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:34:34 +0100 From: Houder To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setup.ini has multiple "prev" entries ... Why? In-Reply-To: References: <20e5f0520f9831ecd59e509dc7f7d852 AT xs4all DOT nl> Message-ID: X-Sender: houder AT xs4all DOT nl User-Agent: XS4ALL Webmail X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfEmiFBE2a+OEIV8TM4yTyaEOSYXFuflOfboqJKWMvDYMWoIV/DH4Rmr/YKLMjipMTbwTq+nCQIgPkFqmMdp+cQKwbz7UVMVZFCW9wVrG003uGZqD68Hf WLOZ9ioRMf3NpcRTcgVvhibRbJtXXGJhfReFSiYP5ukx2uc/id2Aojy7UVw1Udn9Qt1+rcn5F0KasSpDj5AjNTkJAngmMoA3yP4= On 2017-11-06 15:20, Jon Turney wrote: [snip] > I try to keep [1] accurate and up-to-date, but the 'specification' is > really "what setup accepts" :( > > Currently, the ordering requirements are: > > 1) The version to be installed when test versions are selected (the > highest test, unless one is explicitly specified in override.hint) is > the last [test] section > > 2) [curr] is first > > But since both these things are to work around historical setup > limitations, I don't think they merit mention in [1], and might not be > the case in a future when we no longer care about setup versions old > enough to need them. > > [1] https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.ini.html But if the order of the versions is to be based _solely_ on "version", which until now was merely an identifier (like "aap", "noot", "mies"), that is without any order, then both semantics and syntax of "version" must be rigidly defined in [1] ... ... if you want it to be a specification for setup.ini. Regards, Henri -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple