Re: Installing beta (1.7) version parallel to current one

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> Did you switch the directory name right at the start or did you
> switch to the next dialog and then back to the one asking for the
> installation dir?  This must not happen.  As soon as you pressed the
> "Next" button, you lost.  In that case you have to exit setup-1.7
> and restart it.

  I nominate this behaviour for a lifetime membership in the User Interface
Hall of Shame. :-(

  Also, at least for me, exiting and restarting it didn't help.  It hides
something away in the registry or in /etc/setup or something and I couldn't
get it to return to parallel install mode without deleting the new registry
settings and moving the old cygwin tree temporarily out of the way.

  Can we put our heads together and come up with a better plan?  Maybe we
should put an actual "Cygwin 1.5 install detected - upgrade or install in
parallel" option or dialog somewhere?

    cheers,
      DaveK