Re: Please try new setup exe's

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jul 22 01:59, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:15:10AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jul 19 11:58, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
> >> >http://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe for 32-bit
> >> 
> >> This is not working for me against an existing install, where I am
> >> following a two-step process to install.
> >> [...]
> >> The problem I encounter is that the new packages selected during the
> >> Download step, do not appear when I try to perform the Install.
> >> [...]
> >I just tried it myself, and the behaviour is weird.  I always install
> >from a local mirror, and this still works as expected with the new
> >setup binaries.  The directory structure created by setup's "Download
> >only" is identical to the layout of a mirror.  Setup also picks up the
> >right setup.ini file, but then it presents an empty update list.  The
> >ini file is correct, the newer packages have been downloaded.  If you
> >then click through the available versions, the new version is not
> >shown at all.
> >[...]
> 
> This should be fixed in the current versions of
> http://cygwin.com/setup-x86*.exe .

Works fine for me in both scenarios now, local setup download and
local mirror.

I guess we can make the switch and starting the 64 bit distro this week,
isn't it?


Thanks,
Corinna

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