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:message-id:date:from:to:subject:references :content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=cdHgkwDY/GvrA5P0kwwonLuJdtGtx ityPqACGCga5lrQt9s+gnvqT/F+Ceym59DKMFGP/PwSuHs9uAlWht7jkzxwykl36 ufmUJeE4XrXeQxDIMl8Xq8fZW09EEQJXV4cfYSgd6zGYi0IXKSo6hFAyt+y22oeX cYpR66m7LKzeHA= 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:message-id:date:from:to:subject:references :content-type; s=default; bh=f/2eMR8V7MhA57OqY+2QWm3iNWk=; b=yld 01XVBuWq1On2D+fhOcoIJV7LfHbz/E9/E+Hjnx1I7PqqIc2AZQUAeOk/g0QQATXr rYLTO0qMnspel2ansd0Gwu8ZC70T95uMUvF+XMwEpH7qx8KhGpoZ5eL4VWmeZ2lp iXHho+fooq9snUL9SxrAELAqWakb55Gq3XWuDODQ= 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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Documents, presents, reasoned, APT X-HELO: mail-ot0-f176.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:subject:references :user-agent; bh=RWfITmVwk5iDxR2CdAXmcgLPEVYGpM1SqFr0La+s80A=; b=CCZBcbbMOLurXy6jaWlRAZ23aoTMkroj+gUZhy28ExUnkuWvZvoc1CWDYLWU7kx/zi i2ULGL8tONJUmdojmdggsZC2JhE5Avyo5DlOzGbsVlos8xNMghfS8tXq2kZYD8BiyK4R EIQh1dw+4sRY0U6gv0WTrjpWhGXFCh4wyZikHSFs9uKYM6iC8u+5kPh+fj+rxa2txSN5 87U/Pitu9ZjDJf0B8pCRqr2fiXhvO7s20pu9SGr5mUXTjjQBCct33V2MICnxv9/TYVnb /aabAx5HojhEPrvru6wHRX1vJOd+YzcrmmD5ObRVc3GGLojZoo+DreBSddNux8X2bXn7 xW2g== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLYd6bsN5eN/p1Fg2xGlkV8xGqKCMsSZ/xbUS/WepYsAp7N6/kU P6ha9jK1vTLtQpTx6PB7EvrMYQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBos1z2xGXK4Lnw6SYKzHKtOjgoiTzsluoqF+JAA3g+2/x9A22L+dCZUiUVGYgV9NKUn+jYMj9A== X-Received: by 10.157.41.147 with SMTP id n19mr3573178otb.132.1513435213278; Sat, 16 Dec 2017 06:40:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5a35304c.9ba6ca0a.5e71f.8a99@mx.google.com> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 06:40:12 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setup's response to a "corrupt local copy" References: <64D09542-A92E-423B-A6C0-479A025B0759 AT solidrocksystems DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.0.1 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:50:56, Vince Rice wrote: > No, you never need any opinion that is in conflict with yours. I'm not going > to argue with you for a variety of reasons, not least because the decision is > not yours. You have shown you don't care what anyone else thinks on this or > any other issue, and believe me, the feeling is reciprocated. I offered my > thoughts for the people whose decision this really is, and I leave it with > them. sure i do - here is example where i screwed up - and fixed a problem on my end: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-01/msg00236.html i do care about "the other side", when said side presents a referenced and reasoned response. you have failed to do that. you presented a use case where you were creating custom archives, then putting them in local package directory, then not updating setup.ini. wait no, that was Ken: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-12/msg00092.html you presented no evidence or references really: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-12/msg00145.html mostly and opinion post. its possible that this issue doesnt even apply to you. with ken, he is building custom archives so it applies to him. with me, i have a package manager that runs in concert with setup.exe, so it applies to me: http://github.com/svnpenn/sage do you actually have an personal experience in this matter, or did you just want to slight me and offer an opinion of someone with no experience of the issue at hand. i fear the latter. APT, DNF and ZYpp are very popular package managers, with APT being used by hundreds of thousands of people: http://stackexchange.com/leagues/76 so it makes sense that setup.exe should behave in a manner similar to APT, unless a very good reason is discovered why it shouldnt. more likely the setup.exe behavior with corrupt files was decided long ago, and without consideration to other package managers. and now that I am considering them, we maybe have some people dissenting just to dissent, with no personal experience of the issue. we are not talking removing files from: C:\Users\Vince\Documents we are talking about removing files from: C:\http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f or similar, a directory specifically created by setup.exe. It is not unreasonable to expect that similar to how setup.exe has the power to remove anything from: C:\cygwin64 that it would and should have the power to remove from a directory that it created. -- 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