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RE: setup's version checking
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 09:41:29 +1000
- Subject: 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
>