[Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is deleted [was Re: please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]

[Nicholas Wourms]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

>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.
>
What version of setup were you using?  My report involves the snapshot, 
not the release version.

Cheers,
Nicholas