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Re: Setup patch to keep test version if test version installed


On Feb  3 18:08, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > How so?  Setup is not a Cygwin application.
> 
> Good point.  Then I've no idea at all, save the compiler.

I had a look into this and even rearranged the behaviour when --help
output is requested...

However, I'm mildly sure this behaviour didn't change in the last couple
of years.  The reason is that setup is not a console application but a
GUI application.  When running a GUI application from CMD, CMD will
detach.  Of course, when --help output is requested, setup calls
AllocConsole, but that's too late.  This does not occur in a Cygwin
shell becasue Cygwin always waits for process completion unless the
process is sent to the background.

I now made the latest setup 2.864 available as standard setup version
on sourceware and removed the test releases.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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