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Re: [PATCH] Stop automatic dependency selection on setup.exe chooser screen
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:33:25 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop automatic dependency selection on setup.exe chooser screen
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On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:25:54PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>On 23 July 2010 05:59, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> Andy Koppe wrote:
>>> [disable instant dependency updates and rely on resolver page instead]
>>
>> Now we get to find the bug reports hiding behind this bug.
>
>Found one, and it's big. The dependency resolver page only adds direct
>dependencies of packages that have been selected, not indirect ones,
>so you end up with missing DLLs. (They do get added before the package
>selection screen if you run setup.exe again.)
>
>I obviously didn't test this properly. Andrew, please remove the gold
>star I got for this.
Before I back this out does anyone want to take a stab at fixing it?
I'd do it but I have a couple of priority projects at work right now.
cgf