Re: Setup patch to keep test version if test version installed

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jan 27 07:55, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > I checked in code which fixes this issue, which simplifies the package
> > choosing algorithm when clicking on the package line, and which
> > implements the default package in a way which never "downgrades" a
> > package without the user's explicit consent by choosing the lower
> > package version manually.  This is much more in line with the update
> > mechanism in Linux package managers.
> 
> You may have solved a long-standing problem.  Let's see if everything
> else still works... :-)
> 
> BTW, if you switch one package to "test" (or "prev"), then all packages
> belonging to the same source package must be switched to the same state.
> I'm currently doing this with an external tool via setup.ini rewrites,
> but setup.exe should be taught how to do that for manual intervention.

That's a bit over my head in terms of understanding setup's dependency
resolution algorithm.  Perhaps we should rewrite it in plain C...


Corinna

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