On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:18:45PM +0200, Achim Gratz wrote: >Christopher Faylor writes: >> I don't see any reason for a delete file since only files referenced >> by setup.hint should exist in the release directory. > >There are currently a handful of packages where an earlier version than >"previous" is kept (ostensibly so that this version can be installed by >hand when chosing the "previous" version of another package which >requires it). I wouldn't mind a "keep" keyword in setup.hint for those >cases.
If someone is intentionally doing this then this isn't supported behavior. If files aren't there for the purposes of setup.exe then they really shouldn't be in the release directory at all. cgf
