Fwd: [Feature request] Setup64.exe should respect more recent packages' version

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Mon Jun 17 23:02:00 GMT 2013


On 6/17/2013 6:24 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> On 6/17/2013 13:54, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 6/17/2013 3:50 PM, Vasiliy wrote:
>>>
>>> I've compiled, and installed bash 4.2.45 for x64, and made appropriate
>>> changes in the /etc directory, so, it is up on the list of the
>>> installed packages. However, it keeps downgrading.
>>
>> You'll need to update your local 'setup.ini' file to account for your
>> local version.
>
> ...and resign yourself to saying "Install from Local Directory," since your
> hand-hacked setup.ini is going to keep getting overwritten each time you say
> "Install from Internet" instead.

Aw, now you ruined my implicit "left as an exercise for the reader"! ;-)

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Larry

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