> From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dameron, Gregg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> > Subject: Re: Setup: lesson learned and suggestion > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:57:49 -0000 > > Dameron, Gregg wrote: > > Running setup.exe version 2.427 on Windows 2000. > > > > When the option "Install from Local Directory" is selected, the screen > > titled > > "Select Local Package Directory" prompts the user as follows: > > > > Select a directory where you want Setup to store the installation > > files it > > downloads. The directory will be created if it does not already > > exist. > > > > The prompt didn't (doesn't) make sense in the context of a local directory > > install. The first few times I ran it, I interpreted this prompt to mean > > "select a directory where you want Setup to store the installation files > > it > > _generates_". I took it to mean (1) Setup needed a place to write > > installation log files; and (2) I would be prompted later for the > > directory > > containing all the packages I downloaded (or else Setup had already found > > them). Consequently, I gave Setup a path to a new directory and picked > > Next. > > Setup died with the infamous Application Error dialog, stating: > > > > The instruction at "0x00485fbd" referenced memory at "0x00000000". > > The memory could not be "written". > > > > [FYI - the setup logs showed nothing unusual, post-mortem. I did notice > > that > > new (mostly empty) cygwin registry entries were created.] > > > > A few false starts later, I figured out what Setup wanted; namely, the > > directory where I had placed all the downloaded packages. They installed > > without incident. > > > > My suggestion is twofold: First, I'd change the prompt to make it more > > context-appropriate. > > Unfortunately, it's a bit of a pain to change this dependent on installation > mode. > > Anyone got a any good ideas how to phrase this so it will cater to both > download and local modes?
How about something like "Select local package cache directory"? Might also try and provide an explantaion in a tooltip... Dave __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com