[PATCH] High priority bugfix for setup.exe

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Mon Apr 18 11:07:00 GMT 2005


Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
>> From: Max Bowsher
>> Sent: 18 April 2005 11:45
>
>>
>> Second, the bug is only present on trunk, not on the release branch.
>>
>
>  Release branch?  Is that the setup-200205 branch?  You mean there's three
> years-worth of development that isn't getting released?  Including all 
> your
> latest work?

No, try the _most recent_ release branch.

>  Hey, then the documentation is a bit inaccurate:
>
> http://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html
>
> "To build setup in the same way that the net distribution's binaries are
> built, configure setup on a Cygwin machine with the following command:"
>
>  Hey, it doesn't say anything about how you have to check out a branch!

The instructions accurately describe the way in which the build is done.... 
but not what is built! :-)

Hmm. Perhaps an extra paragraph is in order.

Max.



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