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RE: setup's version checking


I'll add this to the HEAD TODO list. (Nb TODO's are my short list of
thigns to fix, wishlist is general ideas).

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:39 AM
> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: setup's version checking
> 
> 
> I don't know if anyone has noticed but, from the bug reports 
> in the cygwin mailing list, it seems pretty obvious that 
> setup isn't properly handling the version number field in setup.ini.
> 
> What should be happening is that the version field should be 
> parsed first, and then, if the setup.ini version is newer 
> than setup.exe, a warning is raised asking the user if they 
> want to continue.  This should happen before any further 
> proessing of setup.ini happens.
> 
> What is happening instead is that the whole file is parsed 
> (causing all sorts of errors thanks to the md5 addition) and 
> then, if setup makes it that far, the user is asked if 
> they're sure.  Unfortunately, setup doesn't make it far 
> enough to notify the user about the problems and so, hilarity ensues.
> 
> cgf
> 


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