Setup.exe does not like its own source (was: setup.exe 2.218.2.8/9 broken)

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ton van Overbeek [mailto:tvoverbe@cistron.nl] 
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:08 PM

> Ton van Overbeek
> P.S. Why is the contents of setup-2.218.2.9-1-src.tar.bz2 
> only an other
>      tar.bz2 file ? Why not rename the original tar.bz2 file, 
> would save
>      a few bytes.

It's easier.

The automake created tarball extracts into setup-0. If I use that
tarball, then when you download updates, you'll overwrite the previous
sources. Repacking them would be another step. Also see the cygwin-apps
list discussion of different packaging styles. 

Rob

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