Why I hate updates

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Tue May 27 03:33:00 GMT 2008


Richard Foulk wrote:
> I've asked a few update related questions over the years and mostly
> gotten
> no answers.  I now update only occasionally and expect to have to reload
> and reconfigure from time to time.
> 
> That's just the way it goes.  Setup doesn't even recover from failed
> file transfers very well.  Often blows the whole system or causes
> setup to be unable to run again, requiring a fresh install.  A setup
> error *usually* means starting over from scratch.
> 
> Not a very production-friendly system.

I'd recommend reporting the details of problems you encounter with
"setup.exe", if nothing else.  It's always possible you're seeing a
bug that could be resolved with some effort.

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