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Re: setup.exe selects old versions for required packages


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
Cc: "Polley Christopher W" <PolleyChristopherW@JohnDeere.com>;
<cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: setup.exe selects old versions for required packages


> Robert Collins wrote:
>
>
> > Yes, but we took the one-step at a time approach. Please note that a
> > version requirement will NOT solve the vim/gettext confusion. That
> > confusion was caused because setup doesn't check for file conflicts,
and
> > in not checking for them, cannot take appropriate action (in this
case,
> > upgrading the old package first, which would fix the conflict and
> > prevent the .dll getting inappropriately deleted).
>
>
> Maybe I am having a thinko, but I don't remember any file conflict in
> the gettext package.  ncurses(old)-->ncurses(new)+libncurses* had an
> "inappropriate .dll deletion" problem if you don't do things in the
> right order -- but I don't remember anything like that with gettext.
>
> Help?

Sorry, I need glasses I think. Yes Chuck, you're right, gettext was
completely different, I was confused and adding confusion :}. A minimum
version requirement for gettext in the vim requirements would solve the
cygintl.dll problem, done either the rpm or deb fashion.

Rob


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