[Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is deleted [was Re: please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]
nwourms@netscape.net
nwourms@netscape.net
Mon Jul 15 17:35:00 GMT 2002
"Robert Collins" <robert.collins@syncretize.net> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com
>> [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
>> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 4:53 AM
>> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
>> Subject: [Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is
>> deleted [was Re: please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]
>>
>>
>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 10:09:11PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>> >
>> >>expat-1.95.3 was buggy and is no longer available at sourceforge,
>> >>so please do delete the Cygwin release too.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Deleted.
>> >
>> Corinna has inadvertantly discovered a bug in setup 2.259.2.4. Â I had
>> expat-1.95.3 installed on my machine and desired to upgrade
>> to the new
>> release. Â I decided that, since it was uploaded so recently, I should
>> verify the contents on my mirror of choice. Â I just checked the
>> setup.ini file on mirrors.rcn.net. Â It contained an entry for the new
>> expat-1.95.4 with the proper directory path. Â I examined the files at
>> the path specified, and they turned out to be the correct version and
>> md5 sums. Â I have attached a png of the dialogue for your reference
>> regarding the upcoming explination. Â Ok, I fire up setup.exe,
>> point it
>> to rcn.net, and click "View" once so that it displays all the
>> packages.
>> Â I then scroll down to expat, only to find it saying "Keep". Â I click
>> "Keep" thinking I might get the new version, but instead it cycles to
>> "Uninstall". Â I click again, it cycles back to "Keep". Â So apparently
>> setup.exe doesn't like it when the previous package is
>> deleted from the
>> mirrors. Â Also, the same behaviour can be seen with the
>> _PostInstallLast
>> package. Â The machine involved is running WindowsME. Â Just
>> thought I'd
>> give a heads up.
>
>Any chance of the log files as well? Without them, there is little
>information available to diagnose with.
>
As requested... This is on my Win98 machine. I hope it helps. Sorry to be so short, my keyboard is going bad(I had to cut+paste all the spaces).
Cheers,
Nicholas
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