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RE: [SETUP.exe] Couple observations on v2.171/ possible bugs
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: "cygwin-apps" <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:45:53 -0600
- Subject: RE: [SETUP.exe] Couple observations on v2.171/ possible bugs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Brian Keener
>
> Just updated my CVS and rebuilt Setup and my version now shows 2.171 and I
> tried a test one and noticed two things - One I believe is a definite bug and
> the other I would say is up for interpretation - to me it is a bug. If it
> makes a difference - I am running Win2000 and also just updated all my
> packages.
>
> 1) I noticed that while running the new Windowed version (nice job Gary)
*blush* Thanks ;-).
>that
> if I clicked to any other window or several other windows that I had open I
> could click back to setup (and it would come to the top) with no
> problem until
> I got to the Chooser window. Once chooser is open, if I clicked on other
> windows I could not click on setup and get it back to the top. I had to
> minimize any window on top of it until it was the top window and then I could
> continue with setup.
>
Yeah, that's a known misfeature. You can ALT-TAB back to it as well though (you
should be able to, can you?). I think we can leave that one for the next
release, unless people think it will be a major problem. I don't think there's
an easy fix for it.
> 2) I always do a download from internet and then do an install from local
> directory. While doing my download I was given the option to update my tiff
> from version 3.5.5-3 to 3.5.6beta-2 and I selected keep the current version
> (3.5.5-3) and so setup did not download the 3.5.6beta-2 as would be
> expected.
> I checked and yes there is no 3.5.6beta-2 as there should not be.
> However when
> I then said Install from local directory I was still presented with
> the option
> to install the 3.5.6beta-2 version, even though it does not exist on my disk
> and it was not downloaded. It would seem to me that if I am doing an install
> from local directory the only package versions that I should be shown
> are those
> for which there is actually a file on disk. If the package is installed I
> should see it (for the purpose of uninstall or skip) but any other
> options like
> sources or a version install should be based on if the actual file exists.
>
I think I agree with you. Rob, is this expected behavior?
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer. Patriot.