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Re: [Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is deleted [was Re: please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 02:53:27PM -0400, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
>Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 10:09:11PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>>
>>>expat-1.95.3 was buggy and is no longer available at sourceforge,
>>>so please do delete the Cygwin release too.
>>>
>>
>>Deleted.
>>
>Corinna has inadvertantly discovered a bug in setup 2.259.2.4. I had
>expat-1.95.3 installed on my machine and desired to upgrade to the new
>release. I decided that, since it was uploaded so recently, I should
>verify the contents on my mirror of choice. I just checked the
>setup.ini file on mirrors.rcn.net. It contained an entry for the new
>expat-1.95.4 with the proper directory path. I examined the files at
>the path specified, and they turned out to be the correct version and
>md5 sums. I have attached a png of the dialogue for your reference
>regarding the upcoming explination. Ok, I fire up setup.exe, point it
>to rcn.net, and click "View" once so that it displays all the packages.
>I then scroll down to expat, only to find it saying "Keep". I click
>"Keep" thinking I might get the new version, but instead it cycles to
>"Uninstall". I click again, it cycles back to "Keep". So apparently
>setup.exe doesn't like it when the previous package is deleted from the
>mirrors. Also, the same behaviour can be seen with the _PostInstallLast
>package. The machine involved is running WindowsME. Just thought I'd
>give a heads up.
Packages get deleted all of the time.
I had no problem installing either expat or _PostInstallLast just seconds
ago.
cgf