hacked package on server

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Mon Jul 16 15:52:00 GMT 2007


On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
> I also have a complaint:  the dialog that notifies the user of the failed 
> MD5 is not well designed.  The dialog asks "Do you want to skip the 
> package?" and has a yes and no button.  I read it quickly and pressed no 
> before thinking about it, the package went ahead and tried to install.  I 
> think there should be a little more effort to restrain the user from 
> performing a dangerous action such as installing a package with a wrong MD5.

Good point.  The message should probably be

Do you want to not skip the package (No/Yes)?

cgf

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