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RE: Setup.exe does not like its own source (was: setup.exe 2.218.2.8/9 broken)
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Ton van Overbeek" <tvoverbe at cistron dot nl>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>,<cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:23:27 +1000
- Subject: RE: Setup.exe does not like its own source (was: setup.exe 2.218.2.8/9 broken)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ton van Overbeek [mailto:tvoverbe@cistron.nl]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:08 PM
> Ton van Overbeek
> P.S. Why is the contents of setup-2.218.2.9-1-src.tar.bz2
> only an other
> tar.bz2 file ? Why not rename the original tar.bz2 file,
> would save
> a few bytes.
It's easier.
The automake created tarball extracts into setup-0. If I use that
tarball, then when you download updates, you'll overwrite the previous
sources. Repacking them would be another step. Also see the cygwin-apps
list discussion of different packaging styles.
Rob
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