From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 129304 invoked by alias); 23 Jan 2017 10:38:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 129277 invoked by uid 89); 23 Jan 2017 10:38:28 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-101.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=sk:lastmi, castro, Castro, sk:last-mi X-HELO: drew.franken.de Received: from mail-n.franken.de (HELO drew.franken.de) (193.175.24.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:38:17 +0000 Received: from aqua.hirmke.de (aquarius.franken.de [193.175.24.89]) (Authenticated sender: aquarius) by mail-n.franken.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E01D721E280D for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:38:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from calimero.vinschen.de (calimero.vinschen.de [192.168.129.6]) by aqua.hirmke.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A9155E0212 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:38:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0922CA80CD2; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:38:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:38:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [PATCH setup] Add --allow-unsupported-windows option Message-ID: <20170123103814.GC3385@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20170122142724.252024-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qtZFehHsKgwS5rPz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170122142724.252024-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00046.txt.bz2 --qtZFehHsKgwS5rPz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1219 On Jan 22 14:27, Jon Turney wrote: > This patch was suggested in a discussion with Peter Castro. >=20 > The concern is that using old versions of setup to install time machine > mirrors is not ideal, as it misses possible fixes in newer versions of > setup. >=20 > However, we do want to make it hard for someone to destroy their working = XP > installation, so allowing setup to simply run on XP, which will break it = by > upgrading it to the latest version (which doesn't work on XP), seems > contraindicated. >=20 > When --allow-unsupported-windows is on: > - Don't check the windows version > - Don't read the mirror list from cygwin.com > - Don't use any stored mirror selection in the 'last-mirror' key (as this > may point to a cygwin mirror, which, if we install from will break things) > - Retain the mirror selection (presumably a time machine circa given with > --site or via the GUI) in an alternate key 'last-mirror-unsupported' >=20 > Also, for discoverability, rearrange things so --help works even on > unsupported windows versions ACK Thanks, Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --qtZFehHsKgwS5rPz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-length: 819 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYhd0VAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+g2AIP/3QRwevs/xmVHteGuaHVjaHr b5YmQdNiOb6hxRibukDhiDPECnhcK3YXlmVUnRMwMdbpz+32G8voOTVwH37wB57B Mg17InWLiXa6dCCu57kI7nEhcaPRMWm3GzUIILV8OOyoP1M9OXu263UVvpa8GIr3 wy4yEreis1dHv9DVEzaFfs+sGBgcxbCB1nSVswAHlVVeJCCp1m00wGjqLDbe/faL cFthocObbpS9Qy+UAKNjUvUdV7TFG9PQNIYa+BhecCttiJOuCRrKf2CFd+TQOMFW 95KxtJ8U9KrFdghK3lxlXPYs0TPBJBGa7bR1rnosuCQ2tAMKBkuYoAhJhajvp+xf fqSo0KTfB3BAP3KZrjqyz76TNMhAZXOpplpIWzi2Cej2exRq4lVtv3/umo2ISOeI ndcgmovqvGY4n4wcha/zDc8OoRUyFhrgNG5YoJMJWIClzuhPtJgXVDtbZBksK470 4BTDlKdHhXZETkC/9YhCtKWWiEXGiZW2kmPfxGsd4gZkYPL17kQ1rd88q9a+86/P BKqfIGsnGc9W8b1Oetaist0ydft5eABHUmqhrlSHLYn2lXQWyvWhRI9nnyLE65VD Tw1X7Si3M8xNizht1CFf2JwvBTBde68RZBdjfianDvU2pVj1rP9DJENKhOenrAkL jxdWYNWVyRF6YgXYPCBN =nZ+J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qtZFehHsKgwS5rPz--