Odd setup behaviors

[Paul Derbyshire]

On 26 Jul 2002 at 23:21, Robert Collins wrote:

> 
> ===
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Derbyshire" <derbyshire@globalserve.net>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:07 PM
> Subject: Odd setup behaviors
> 
> 
> > Two more issues with setup:
> > * Setup never shows itself as an installed package.
> 
> Because it has no binary package.
> 
> > * If you select to install setup in setup, setup will mysteriously
> >   fail with "Download incomplete" and no other diagnostic information
> 
> Arrgh. I *thought* I had squashed that. What version of setup are you
> using?

The most recent as of 2 days ago, but I was using an older version 
when I encountered this "Download incomplete" problem -- trying to 
get the new version, of course. :) I don't remember what version I 
was using before. I'll see if it's working now.

...It seems to be. Started a download and got to a few % before I 
killed it.
How come the binary distribution isn't there? When setup tells you 
there's a newer version of setup it's natural for a user to go select 
"setup" in the package list to upgrade it, much less for them to go 
Web surfing for it when every other component updates via setup. This 
also makes upgrading setup less reliable because there isn't a choice 
of mirrors.

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