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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: <tvoverbe AT cistron DOT nl>, <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Setup 2.125.2.5: New packages do not show up automatically. Bug    or Feature ?
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:22:43 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: <tvoverbe AT cistron DOT nl>
To: <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 5:16 PM
Subject: Setup 2.125.2.5: New packages do not show up automatically. Bug
or Feature ?


> Hello,
>
> With the recent addition of a lot of new packages (after the
> freeze due to the new setup is over) I noticed that they do
> not show up in the initial or partial view. I ususally use the partial
view, since that gives a quick summary of
> updates to installed packages. However new packages are not
> shown in this view.

Correct. This is by design.

> Is this intentional behaviour ?
> Maybe a category 'New' can be introduced which shows
> packages added since the last run of setup ?

Already in the wishlist, but detecting added packages, while fairly
straightforward requries us to have a database on what is available, and
currently that database - setup.ini - is readonly on the client.

> Debian's dselect has such a facility.

dselect is a wonderful thing :}.

Rob