From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 41641 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2017 06:13:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 41633 invoked by uid 89); 16 Dec 2017 06:13:36 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,KAM_INFOUSMEBIZ,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=keeppackages, Hx-languages-length:1905, lubuntu.me, 16.12.2017 X-HELO: proxy.razorcat.com Received: from proxy.razorcat.de (HELO proxy.razorcat.com) (213.23.173.139) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 16 Dec 2017 06:13:34 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.232] (Mimir.ats-berlin.de [192.168.0.232]) by proxy.razorcat.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id vBG6DUc6006579 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2017 07:13:31 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: setup's response to a "corrupt local copy" To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <94A36026-06D9-4BD2-BFC5-68D5005D0071@solidrocksystems.com> <5a349a58.0a66ca0a.570e8.714d@mx.google.com> From: Frank Redeker Message-ID: <2a77c7cb-30bb-9c36-e39c-2bb071a549f8@razorcat.de> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:40:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5a349a58.0a66ca0a.570e8.714d@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-12/txt/msg00155.txt.bz2 Am 16.12.2017 um 05:00 schrieb Steven Penny: > On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:50:44, Vince Rice wrote: >> It's my computer. I don't want setup (or anything else) replacing >> files on it >> it doesn't know about without at least asking whether that's what I >> want it to >> do. Setup's current behavior is exactly what it should be, IMO. If, as >> has >> been mentioned, someone wants to offer an *option* to replace, either >> with or >> without a question, then great. But the default should be to leave >> something >> it doesn't know about alone. > > Thankfully we dont need your opinion on this matter, as we can simply > fall back > to facts, as I will now do. Let us bring some sanity to this thread, > shall we? Hello Steven Penny, This is exactly the disagreeable tone in most Linux forums that keeps people from switching from Windows to Linux. In almost all the threads I read you here, you get personal. > > Exhibit A > ==================== > Package manager: APT > Reference distro: Lubuntu http://lubuntu.me > Cache: /var/cache/apt > > Exhibit B > ==================== > Package manager: DNF > Reference distro: Fedora http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde > Cache: /var/cache/dnf > Option: keepcache=True > > Exhibit C > ===================== > Package manager: ZYpp > Reference distro: Gecko LXQt http://geckolinux.github.io > Cache: /var/cache/zypp > Option: --keep-packages > > In all cases, these package managers remove invalid archives without > warning. > Why should setup.exe be any different? I eagerly await your referenced and > reasoned rebuttal. > If 100 people jump off the bridge, will you jump after them? Who says that automatic deletion without warning is the only true solution? You? I agree with Vince on that. If setup. exe detects that a packet is invalid, it should ask what to do with it instead of deleting it silently. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple