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

Ken Brown kbrown@cornell.edu
Mon Jun 17 23:13:00 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.

It won't get overwritten if it's in his own repository, parallel to the 
ones that get downloaded from mirrors.

Ken


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