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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:07:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <00a901c1ef61$35f85d60$42a18c09@wdg.uk.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA7600C5F42@itdomain003.itdomain.net.au>

Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sam Edge [mailto:sam_edgeZZZ@hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:17 PM
>> Every version of setup.exe I've used exhibits this annoying
>> behaviour but them I'm new here.
>>
>> I agree with Daniele. I install different subsets of the
>> packages on several machines. I also like to keep a copy of
>> the most up-to-date versions of packages that I don't
>> currently use on any of them, in case I need them where I've
>> no (or poor) access to the 'Net.
>
> So use a mirroring tool! Setup.exe is -not- designed for this. If you
> want a setup.ini parsing mirroring tool, take me up on my offer to help
> someone leverage the setup.ini codebase to build a mirroring tool.
>
> Rob

But setup.exe has operated in the correct way in the past! Why write a new tool,
when fixing a bug in the current one would do all that needs to be done? NB: I'm
not saying 'go fix that now'. When (if? ;-) I find time to understand the setup
code, I will do this, if no one has beaten me to it.

Max.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-04-29  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-28  4:47 Robert Collins
2002-04-28  8:08 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-28 15:04 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2002-04-28 15:09   ` Sam Edge
2002-04-28 15:30     ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-28 16:05       ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-28 16:09         ` Sam Edge
2002-04-28 19:08         ` Michael A Chase
2002-04-29  0:06           ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-29  0:57             ` Cliff Hones
2002-04-29  4:58               ` Robert Collins
2002-04-28 16:05       ` Sam Edge
2002-04-29 13:01       ` Using a real mirroring tool Charles Wilson
2002-04-29 17:17         ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-29 17:21         ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-29 17:46           ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-30  6:20             ` Sam Edge
2002-04-30 10:09           ` Volker Quetschke
2002-04-30 13:43             ` Volker Quetschke
2002-04-30 14:00             ` Michael A Chase
2002-04-29  4:07 ` Max Bowsher [this message]
2002-04-29  4:24   ` setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet Robert Collins
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-29  2:35 Robert Collins
2002-04-29  2:26 Robert Collins
2002-04-29  5:42 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-29  5:49   ` Robert Collins
2002-04-29  7:46     ` Sam Edge
2002-04-30  1:58       ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2002-04-29  8:27     ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-28 22:34 Alec Mihailovs
2002-04-28 23:51 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-28 10:15 Robert Collins
2002-04-28  8:14 Robert Collins
2002-04-28  9:56 ` Kurt Roeckx
2002-04-28  3:17 Daniele Mezzetti
2002-04-28  4:31 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-26  8:34 Robert Collins
2002-04-26  7:10 Robert Collins
2002-04-26  7:57 ` Alexei Lioubimov
2002-04-25  8:55 Alexei Lioubimov
2002-04-25 11:00 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2002-04-26  7:03   ` Alexei Lioubimov

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