RE: setup.exe (2-194-2-26) - blind or stupid?

RE: setup.exe (2-194-2-26) - blind or stupid?

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrey Repin [mailto:eng@anrdaemon.mtu-net.ru] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 2:40 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: setup.exe (2-194-2-26) - blind or stupid?
> 
> 
> Greetings, cygwin@cygwin.com!
> 
> About my question:
> When I run setup and try to reinstall postgresql packgage 
> (from local directory, of cource), $SUBJ gives me a selection 
> between two versions - 7.2.1-1 or 7.2-2 Why ? setup 
> (1.125.2.10) shows me only one - and only this is right:
> 
> [F:\_arc\cygwin\install\contrib]$ls -lA postgresql
> total 2791
> -rw-r--r--    1 Daemon   Отсутств  2857930 Mar 28 02:42 
> postgresql-7.2-2.tar.bz2

Sounds like a bug. Care to send in your log files.
 
> And, one more problem. Or not a problem?
> I'm not have to see directories like http%3someone. His name (contains
> percents) potentially destructive.

Whats destructive about a %? Its not an escape character for shell utilities or windows AFAIK.

Rob

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Re: setup.exe (2-194-2-26) - blind or stupid?

[Charles Wilson]

Robert Collins wrote:


> 
>>And, one more problem. Or not a problem?
>>I'm not have to see directories like http%3someone. His name (contains
>>percents) potentially destructive.
>>
> 
> Whats destructive about a %? Its not an escape character for shell utilities or windows AFAIK.

Actaully, it's the variable replacement character for command.com and 
cmd.exe, similar to the $ char in every other shell known to mankind, 
except that the variable must be prefixed AND appended with the % char:

 > echo %USERNAME%
cwilson
 >

However, I don't see how that could cause a problem -- unless someone 
was attempting to TYPE the directory name by hand into a command.com 
shell (without bash)...and even THEN it probably wouldn't HURT anything...

--Chuck


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setup.exe (2-194-2-26) - blind or stupid?

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, cygwin@cygwin.com!

About my question:
When I run setup and try to reinstall postgresql packgage (from local
directory, of cource), $SUBJ gives me a selection between two versions -
7.2.1-1 or 7.2-2
Why ?
setup (1.125.2.10) shows me only one - and only this is right:

[F:\_arc\cygwin\install\contrib]$ls -lA postgresql
total 2791
-rw-r--r--    1 Daemon   ц╞ц■ц⌠ц∙ц■ц⌠ц■ц≈  2857930 Mar 28 02:42 postgresql-7.2-2.tar.bz2

And, one more problem. Or not a problem?
I'm not have to see directories like http%3someone. His name (contains
percents) potentially destructive.


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WBR,

    Andrey Repin (eng@anrdaemon.mtu-net.ru) 04.05.2002, <20:18>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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