wget postinstall and setup (MAXB please take note)

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Thu Jan 27 22:09:00 GMT 2005


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 09:25:31PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 07:40:28PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>>> Do I wait a few days to allow the maintainers to check/change their
>>>> postinstalls, or do I release a new setup tonight?
>>> 
>>> It doesn't sound like there's any reason to wait.
>>> 
>>>> BTW, the permissions on setup.exe on sourceware are such that only you
>>>> can change it.  If accidental, could you fix, so I can release a new
>>>> setup myself?
>>> 
>>> It is not accidental.  It's a side effect of upset parsing.  Just tell
>>> me where to get the updated setup.exe and I'll install it.
>> 
>> Ready for: "mv setup-2.457.2.2.exe setup.exe"
> 
> Done.  I forgot to copy the old file to old, though.  I hope that won't
> be a problem.

There's a copy of it at http://cygwin.com/setup/old/

But the changes are tiny, I can't see any reason for it to be wanted.

> Thanks for the very quick response.

No problem, it was basically a one-liner change.

Max.



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