From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 51944 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2017 18:02:25 -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 51771 invoked by uid 89); 6 Nov 2017 18:02:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:758, Hx-spam-relays-external:ESMTPA X-HELO: vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from Unknown (HELO vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.87) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:02:23 +0000 Received: from vsmx001.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.191]) by mta-5-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B112BC0643 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 18:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Gertrud (p57b9ddd7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [87.185.221.215]) by mta-5-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 75F50300856 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 18:02:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: setup.ini has multiple "prev" entries ... Why? References: <20e5f0520f9831ecd59e509dc7f7d852@xs4all.nl> Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:02:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Jon Turney's message of "Mon, 6 Nov 2017 14:20:20 +0000") Message-ID: <87tvy7e15r.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-VADE-STATUS: LEGIT X-SW-Source: 2017-11/txt/msg00131.txt.bz2 Jon Turney writes: > Since [1], there's no way to install a prev version using setup, > without explicitly selecting which version you want, so the ordering > of those [prev] versions in setup.ini is relatively unimportant. For setup that is true, but linear parsers that can only keep one version for each section would benefit if the last [prev] section was the one that immediately precedes [curr]. So it would be helpful if you could ensure it's done that way and state it in the documentation. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Q+, Q and microQ: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- 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