Re: Another setup v2.889 regression?

[Houder <houder at xs4all dot nl>]

On 2018-03-04 23:25, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 04/03/2018 15:11, Houder wrote:
> > Because there are problems with setup v2.889, I decided to do
> > some testing of my own.
>
> Thanks for reporting this.
>
> > 2018/03/04 15:35:20 Augmented Transaction List:
> > 2018/03/04 15:35:20    0 install  cscope          15.8.0.1-2
> > 2018/03/04 15:35:20    1   erase  cscope             15.8b-1
> >
> >  From override.hint on the "Twente" mirror:
> >
> > curr: 15.8b-1
> > prev: 15.8.0.1-2
> > replace-versions: 15.8.0.1-2
> >
> > As far as understand, setup should attempt to install v15.8b1
> > in case v15.8.0.1-2 is installed.
> >
> > Not the other way around. (currently v15.8b-1 in installed).
>
> Yeah, this isn't working as expected. Time for a bigger hammer...
>
> The previous version has been re-designated as 15.8a-2 (to match what
> it identifies itself as with 'cscope -V').
>
> This should make setup update to the most recent version, while still
> allowing the previous version to be offered as installable...

Uhm, bigger hammer ... you mean your modification will solve the problem
for cscope, but not for f.i. the *lz4* packages?

Henri

--
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