Re: Re: Missing dependency for Athena libraries

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:13:51PM +0200, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>  On 8:59 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 14 August 2010 12:57, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>>> I just tried to pull down the Athena widget libraries (xaw and xaw3d) and
>>> got an unmet dependency message for libXpm-devel.
>>>
>>> It's not a big deal, since it offered to add it to my list, but a bit odd (I
>>> just clicked on each once... none of the cycling though
>>> install/keep/reinstall/etc which might have confused something).
>> That's the new normal, following a change to setup.exe.
>>
>> Previously, dependencies would have been added instantly when you
>> selected a package. The problem with that was that those dependencies
>> weren't deselected if you changed your mind about a package. Also, it
>> got in the way when you cycled through the package actions to get to
>> 'Uninstall', and sometimes people were surprised about the number of
>> packages being quietly pulled in by their selections. Therefore now
>> the dependencies being added automatically are always listed on the
>> 'Resolve Dependencies' page.
>>
>> Seems the wording on that page still needs some fine-tuning though. I
>> presume it was the 'Unmet Dependencies Found' line that made you think
>> there's a problem?
>Ah, OK. That seems fine -- I only worried because in the past that 
>message meant something was wonky.

Actually, I don't think the message ever meant anything was wrong.

cgf

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