setup HEAD (2.278) defaults to older packages

Len Giambrone frodo@mit.edu
Thu Sep 19 14:44:00 GMT 2002


Even more annoying:

If I click through to choose ash 20020731-1, it forces me to use cygwin
1.3.10-1.  I am unable to choose the latest ash and latest cygwin.

                        -Len

Len Giambrone <frodo@MIT.EDU> writes:

> On the dialogs I choose:
> Download Source:     Download from Internet OR Install from Internet
> Local package dir:   C:\cygdist
> Internet Connection: Direct Connection
> Download Site:       ftp://archive.progeny.com
> 
> Now when the Chooser window comes up, I click on Base, and I see
> 
> ash:     20020131-1
> bash:    2.05b-4
> cygwin:  1.3.10-1
> 
> Despite the fact that the setup.ini says the current versions are:
> 
> ash:     20020731-1
> bash:    2.05b-5
> cygwin:  1.3.12-4
> 
> I can get at the latest version by clicking a few times, but shouldn't it
> default to the latest packages?
> 
> I get the latest versions by default if I use version 2.249.2.5.
> 
> Bug, or intentional?
> 
>                                 -Len



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