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Re: Setup.exe subdirectories
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Michael A Chase" <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>,<cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:48:57 +1100
- Subject: Re: Setup.exe subdirectories
- References: <000001c1bc91$ecff5200$2400a8c0@mchasecompaq>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase@ix.netcom.com>
> > No. They are all meant to be used. What could happen is that the
warning
> > specifies which sites are out of date, and allows the user to turn
the
> warning
> > off in future. Otherwise, I think we will want to eliminate the
warning,
> as
> > > with multiple sites and merged ini's it's kinda obsolete.
>
> Right now all the warning says is that setup.ini is out of date, not
which.
> Because there is only one setup_version recorded, it only applies to
the
> last setup.ini parsed. Perhaps the warning should be moved to just
after
> the call to yyparse() in do_remote_ini() and find_routine(). The site
URL
> or directory could also be added to the parse error message box.
The warning must wait until all the setup.ini's are downloaded
(otherwise if the user goes for a coffee, the downloads will have to
resume. Just add the warning details to a list, and then display the
list at the end, IMO.
Rob