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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Proposal: Remove source tracking from setup
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:57:32 +1100
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: Proposal: Remove source tracking from setup


> On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 02:26:03PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >howabout "INSTALLED.DB 2" then?
> 
> It's the space that is the problem.  That would have cygcheck report
> a package named INSTALLED.DB with a version of 2, I think.
> 
> Maybe that's no big deal.  It might even be useful until such time
> as we can upgrade cygcheck.

Ok. BTW: this is what I meant by "silently fail" :}.

Rob