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Re: setup.exe, my old friend
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Yann Crausaz" <yann_crausaz at bluemail dot ch>,<cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:03:06 -0000
- Subject: Re: setup.exe, my old friend
- References: <3DB4C71F000EE9D6@mss4n.bluewin.ch>
Yann Crausaz <yann_crausaz@bluemail.ch> wrote:
> Hey Max,
>
> I've just applied the patch you provided at 09:34, and my 'weird' bug
> doesn't appeare anymore !
Either due to random coincidence, or some complex interaction between my
change and the bug you were experiencing.
I wrote that patch before I read your bug report.
> How could I have kwown that the cvs version
> of setup had to be patched ?
The cvs HEAD is, by definition, the continuosly evolving. Expecting it to
work _always_ is unrealistic.
> No info on
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html...
Chris's reply answered this perfectly.
> Should I have
> parsed the messages of the few last week on the ML, searching for
> eventual patches ?
Of course it is a good idea to keep current on what else is happening with
setup, but in this case, it wouldn't have helped, because you were the first
person to report this bug.
> It sound a bit odd, doesn't it ?
Bugs happen sometimes. What's odd about that?
Max.