A Bug (in setup)?

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Thu Apr 17 08:42:00 GMT 2003


Stepan Yakovenko wrote:
> Hello Max,
> 
> Thursday, April 17, 2003, 1:26:17 AM, you wrote:
> 
>> Stepan Yakovenko wrote:
>>>   I've just downloaded all packages to a single directory:
>>>   ftp%3a%2f%2fftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de%2fpub%2fMirrors%2fsou.com%2
> 
>> Downloaded with setup, or downloaded with a ftp client?
> 
> with setup.exe
> 
>> Did you truncate the directory name? There should be 2 hex digits after
>> every %, yet your directory name ends with "%2" - only one digit.
> 
>> Try renaming:
>> ftp%3a%2f%2fftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de%2fpub%2fMirrors%2fsou.com%2
>> to:
>> ftp%3a%2f%2fftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de%2fpub%2fMirrors%2fsou.com%2f
> 
> Thanx ! This helps.
> It is possible that my CDRW writing software truncated the dirname.
> Though setup must be a bit friendly :)

Ouch. That's a bug. I'll add it to the todo list.

Max.



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