[PATCH] Do not clear the prev, curr and ... Minor clarification.

Houder houder@xs4all.nl
Mon May 23 16:45:00 GMT 2016


On 2016-05-23 17:26, Houder wrote:
> On 2016-05-23 15:44, Jon Turney wrote:

>> Can you clarify a bit about the problem that this patch solves?  And
>> how you tested that it fixes it?
> 
> Hi Jon,
> 
> I reported the "problem" in March, here:
> 
>     https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-03/msg00425.html
>      - Package choosing algorithm ...
> 
> However, in a nutshell the story is as follows:
> 
> I install from "Local Directory" (i.e. not directly from a mirror; 
> neither do
> I operate a local mirror).
> 
> At that point in time I had installed a TEST version of the cygwin pkg. 
> Then
> Corinna launched another TEST version of that package. After 
> downloading that
> new version, I also removed the CURRENT version of that pkg (yes, 
> nobody does
> that, except me).

... in order not to create any confusion, I might clarify:

... I removed the current version of the pkg in my repository (disk) -- 
removed
the tarball, not the pkg from the system (Cygwin).

Regards,
Henri



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