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Re: setup: CVS HEAD does not install test: releases
- From: Andy Koppe <andy dot koppe at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:40:46 +0100
- Subject: Re: setup: CVS HEAD does not install test: releases
- References: <1281929117.3056.5.camel@YAAKOV04>
On 16 August 2010 04:25, Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
<yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> setup CVS HEAD (2.717) does not download test: releases in either
> Install from Internet and Download Without Installing modes.
>
> I found this out by trying to install gcc4-*-4.5.0-1; after selecting
> the 4.5.0-1 versions of gcc4-*, they did not show up in the Pending
> view, nor were they downloaded or installed. ÂHowever, setup did
> uninstall my 4.3.4-3, leaving me without *any* gcc. :-(
You need to manually tick the 'Bin?' box when selecting the
experimental version. It's a longer-standing issue:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-06/msg00145.html
Another annoyance in this area is that once you do have an
experimental package installed, setup.exe always tries to downgrade
you back to the current one.
Andy