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Re: How does setup.exe handle duplicate files?
- To: Jason dot Tishler at dothill dot com
- Subject: Re: How does setup.exe handle duplicate files?
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:40:59 -0400
- CC: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <3941086F.9AE1D33A@dothill.com>
> Does setup.exe handle duplicate files correctly? To be explicit, if
> more than one tar.gz archive contain a file with the same name, does
> setup.exe install the correct one?
No, it just randomly picks one. As of setup 1.48, though, it should
install all files writable so that this problem is avoided.
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