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Re: setup.exe enhancement request, proceed on error after logging error to setup.log
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Keith Christian <keith1christian at gmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:20:08 +0300
- Subject: Re: setup.exe enhancement request, proceed on error after logging error to setup.log
- References: <CAFWoy7FT1T7v=WOvKNRpz7vryCZ0SvYYooDmzH_HU06igu-yhA@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Greetings, Keith Christian!
> Today I am reinstalling Cygwin to fix a DLL package, taking awhile but
> worth the wait (-: (-:
> Setup paused with a dialog to report a missing .xz file. I saw the
> error a half hour later.
> Would the maintainers (Achim? Jon?) be willing to consider an option
> box log errors to the setup.log file and "Skip non-fatal errors and
> continue?"
The problem is that Setup can't know if the problem is fatal or not.
And in case of a missing archive, the problem is likely the former.
However, if you can code it in a fool-proof way, https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC .
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 19:16:51
Sorry for my terrible english...
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