Good - that left the mark on the archive. > >Gareth Pearce wrote: > > >>>On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 06:31:01PM -0800, Michael wrote: >>> >Setup.exe seems to crash and burn rather ungracefully if setup.ini is >>> >missing it's timestamp and version lines at the top. >>> >>>Doctor, doctor! It hurts when I do this... >>> >>>Luckily that will never be an issue for cygwin setup. >>> >>>cgf >> >> >>I assume this is a statement that rolling your own setup.ini for ease of >>private instalations is not supported. Even though it seems to be a >>regually suggested as a thing to do. > > >Of course it's not supported per se(*) -- but it IS allowed. Just don't >do it wrong: Doctor, it hurts when I leave the timestamp and version >lines out of my setup.ini. Then make sure your custom version.in HAS >timestamp and version info. Sheesh. > >(*)Support implies some obligation on our part to make sure that your >intended use works. We accept no such obligation -- our obligation is >to insure that the cygwin dist itself, as propagated on the mirror >system, works with our cygwin setup tool. Period. > >--Chuck > >
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