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Re: setup complains about cygwin-doc package update


On Jul  5 13:44, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 7/5/2017 1:27 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jul  5 11:20, Brian Inglis wrote:
> > > On 2017-07-05 08:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > > On Jul  5 13:32, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> > > > > So, these are handy links to have, I guess, but is it appropriate for
> > > > > cygwin-doc.sh to presume that the directory exists? Maybe it should create it
> > > > > rather than simply bail out and complain if it doesn't exist.
> > > > 
> > > > In theory, the script should only create the files if the directory
> > > > exists.  Brian?
> > > 
> > > Okay - assumed the directory would always be created by setup -
> > > presumably not true - but do not check that assumption in pi, although
> > > thought about it -
> > 
> > User's can decline creating shortcuts in setup.
> > 
> > > should I check and skip creating shortcuts, rather than create dir and
> > > shorcuts?  Should I also check and skip rm in prerm? And provide
> > > patches?
> > 
> > Skipping goes hand in hand with the fact that the user declined the
> > Start Menu shortcut creation.
> 
> The script already does check and skip.  The only issue is that it skips by
> calling 'exit 2' instead of 'exit 0', which is what led to the original
> post.

Note to myself: read source before talking about it.


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Corinna

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