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Re: [Cron cd /sourceware/ftp/anonftp/pub/cygwin; /sourceware/infra/bin/cygwin/upset -C -u setup.ini; /usr/local/bin/upx -q-q -q setup.exe || exit 0]
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:04:40AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 05:26, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>----- Forwarded message from Cron Daemon -----
> >>From: root (Cron Daemon)
> >>Subject: Cron <cgf> cd /sourceware/ftp/anonftp/pub/cygwin; /sourceware/infra/bin/cygwin/upset -C -u setup.ini; /usr/local/bin/upx -q -q -q setup.exe || exit 0
> >>Date: 3 Feb 2004 18:20:06 -0000
> >>
> >>upset: release/xemacs/xemacs-emacs-common/setup.hint:5: unknown key 'conflicts: emacs'
> >>
> >>----- End forwarded message -----
> >>
> >>Please don't invent setup.hint keys...
> >
> >
> >FWIW it's a valid setup.ini key. And has been for quite some time.
>
> Yes, I know. So you keep saying. However it is not listed as a valid
> keyword in the definitive documentation:
>
> http://cygwin.com/setup.html
>
> "Lines in setup.hint will consist of one of the following:
>
> # comment
> @ package
> sdesc: "some text"
> ldesc: "some text"
> skip:
> curr: version
> prev: version
> test: version
> category: name1[ name2...]
> requires: package[ package...]
> external-source: package"
>
> and AFAICT it does nothing in setup.exe. It is not as if users will be
> scanning the setup.hint file looking for conflicts. So, there is no
> reason to provide a false sense of confidence by implementing it in
> upset. Therefore, it should not be used in setup.hint.
>
> cgf
FWIW, it's not even in
<http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup-head.ini.html>.
Igor
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