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Re: setup.exe, my old friend


Yann Crausaz <yann_crausaz@bluemail.ch> wrote:

> Hey Max,
>
> I've just applied the patch you provided at 09:34, and my 'weird' bug
> doesn't appeare anymore !

Either due to random coincidence, or some complex interaction between my
change and the bug you were experiencing.

I wrote that patch before I read your bug report.

> How could I have kwown that the cvs version
> of setup had to be patched ?

The cvs HEAD is, by definition, the continuosly evolving. Expecting it to
work _always_ is unrealistic.

> No info on
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html...

Chris's reply answered this perfectly.

> Should I have
> parsed the messages of the few last week on the ML, searching for
> eventual patches ?

Of course it is a good idea to keep current on what else is happening with
setup, but in this case, it wouldn't have helped, because you were the first
person to report this bug.

> It sound a bit odd, doesn't it ?

Bugs happen sometimes. What's odd about that?


Max.


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