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Re: Odd setup behaviors
- From: "Paul Derbyshire" <derbyshire at globalserve dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:58:20 -0400
- Subject: Re: Odd setup behaviors
- Reply-to: derbyshire at globalserve dot net
On 27 Jul 2002 at 9:35, Robert Collins wrote:
> > ...It seems to be. Started a download and got to a few % before I
> > killed it.
> > How come the binary distribution isn't there?
>
> Because the self-replacement logic hasn't been merged from my proff of
> concept code into product. Self replacement should be done differently
> from other file in-use replacement, because the program can do it
> nicely. See for instance gnutella.
So it is slated for a future release? That's good -- it will make
updating stuff a task the user can do all in one place with a
consistent interface, and remove an annoying dependency on a Web
browser and a Web site being reachable, as well as allow mirroring's
benefits to extend to the setup component itself.
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