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RE: [Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is deleted [was Re: please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 4:53 AM
> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: [Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is 
> deleted [was Re: please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]
> 
> 
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 10:09:11PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> >
> >>expat-1.95.3 was buggy and is no longer available at sourceforge,
> >>so please do delete the Cygwin release too.
> >>
> >
> >Deleted.
> >
> Corinna has inadvertantly discovered a bug in setup 2.259.2.4.  I had 
> expat-1.95.3 installed on my machine and desired to upgrade 
> to the new 
> release.  I decided that, since it was uploaded so recently, I should 
> verify the contents on my mirror of choice.  I just checked the 
> setup.ini file on mirrors.rcn.net.  It contained an entry for the new 
> expat-1.95.4 with the proper directory path.  I examined the files at 
> the path specified, and they turned out to be the correct version and 
> md5 sums.  I have attached a png of the dialogue for your reference 
> regarding the upcoming explination.  Ok, I fire up setup.exe, 
> point it 
> to rcn.net, and click "View" once so that it displays all the 
> packages. 
>  I then scroll down to expat, only to find it saying "Keep".  I click 
> "Keep" thinking I might get the new version, but instead it cycles to 
> "Uninstall".  I click again, it cycles back to "Keep".  So apparently 
> setup.exe doesn't like it when the previous package is 
> deleted from the 
> mirrors.  Also, the same behaviour can be seen with the 
> _PostInstallLast 
> package.  The machine involved is running WindowsME.  Just 
> thought I'd 
> give a heads up.

Any chance of the log files as well? Without them, there is little
information available to diagnose with.

Rob


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