On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:13:51PM +0200, Ryan Johnson wrote: > On 8:59 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: >> On 14 August 2010 12:57, Ryan Johnson wrote: >>> I just tried to pull down the Athena widget libraries (xaw and xaw3d) and >>> got an unmet dependency message for libXpm-devel. >>> >>> It's not a big deal, since it offered to add it to my list, but a bit odd (I >>> just clicked on each once... none of the cycling though >>> install/keep/reinstall/etc which might have confused something). >> That's the new normal, following a change to setup.exe. >> >> Previously, dependencies would have been added instantly when you >> selected a package. The problem with that was that those dependencies >> weren't deselected if you changed your mind about a package. Also, it >> got in the way when you cycled through the package actions to get to >> 'Uninstall', and sometimes people were surprised about the number of >> packages being quietly pulled in by their selections. Therefore now >> the dependencies being added automatically are always listed on the >> 'Resolve Dependencies' page. >> >> Seems the wording on that page still needs some fine-tuning though. I >> presume it was the 'Unmet Dependencies Found' line that made you think >> there's a problem? >Ah, OK. That seems fine -- I only worried because in the past that >message meant something was wonky.
Actually, I don't think the message ever meant anything was wrong. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/