[ANNOUNCEMENT] Test: coreutils 9.0 (TEST)

Ken Brown kbrown@cornell.edu
Tue Jul 19 21:06:10 GMT 2022


On 7/19/2022 3:54 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2022-07-19 12:00, Ken Brown wrote:
>> On 7/19/2022 1:07 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>>> Setup still shows coreutils 9.1 as test, but it should *NOT* be installed by 
>>> anyone.
>>
>> Then shouldn't you remove it?  And you could also upload an override.hint file 
>> with a "replace-versions" line for the sake of people who have already 
>> installed it.
> 
> I tried various measures and thought override.hint with replace-versions: 9.1-1 
> was there.

It is there, so whatever you did worked.  But that doesn't prevent people from 
installing 9.1-1.  If someone installs 9.1-1, then the *next* time they run 
setup they'll get the suggestion to downgrade it.  If you really don't want 
anyone to install 9.1-1, you should remove it.

Ken


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