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Re: Setup.exe update problem


On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 10:27:31AM -0500, James Dumser wrote:
>Setup appears to use the current time as the "timestamp" used to track
>packages. So when I downloaded 2000*, its install time was the current
>time. When 1.1.1 later was propagated to the mirror, it retained the
>timestamp from sourceware, which was earlier than 2000*'s install time
>so setup didn't see 1.1.1 as an update.
>
>Maybe install time is a good thing to track; but for updates, what is
>really needed is the file's timestamp.

1) There should only be one cygwin file in latest and it should be 'cygwin-1.1.1.tar.gz'.
   If setup installed two files, that probably means that you weren't installing from
   an empty directory.

2) Setup does not use install time to track updates.

cgf

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