From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32738 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2014 20:52:58 -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 32723 invoked by uid 89); 10 Dec 2014 20:52:57 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-lb0-f179.google.com Received: from mail-lb0-f179.google.com (HELO mail-lb0-f179.google.com) (209.85.217.179) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:52:56 +0000 Received: by mail-lb0-f179.google.com with SMTP id z11so3029881lbi.10 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:52:52 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.36.1 with SMTP id m1mr5415037laj.95.1418244772613; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:52:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.136.226 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:52:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <12010306738.20141206000557@yandex.ru> References: <20141110205216.GJ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <0B8D23F7-0258-472D-BF38-860402FD3CDC@etr-usa.com> <20141111101821.GO2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <20141111111437.GB28012@calimero.vinschen.de> <20141126205658.GA9157@calimero.vinschen.de> <20141204154911.GH3810@calimero.vinschen.de> <199481337.20141205082850@yandex.ru> <20141205101505.GJ3810@calimero.vinschen.de> <12010306738.20141206000557@yandex.ru> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:52:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory From: cyg Simple To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-12/txt/msg00158.txt.bz2 On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > >>> > I'd appreciate if those not shy to install developer snapshots would >>> > give this stuff a try in the meantime. >>> >>> I think I'm about to make a script to install snapshots, at this rate it seems >>> the right thing to do. >>> Is there a direct way to query for the latest snapshot? > >> The snapshots always have a date attached to the filename. > > I mean, if there's a way to know, what is the latest available snapshot? > If I want to write a script, that fetch [and install] one. > I can parse the /snapshots/ page, of course, but this is the least desirable > choice. For multiple reasons. I would like to have a single point, that could > refer to the very latest snapshot. Even if it is something like > /snapshots/x86/cygwin-inst-latest.tar.xz redirecting to > actual latest snapshot, that'd be quite enough. > You could just parse the setup.hint file from your favorite mirror. test: cygwin-1.7.34-002 -- cyg Simple -- 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