The new (2.194.2.15) setup.exe is not behaving as I would expect. In brief, it re-downloads the same packages each time it is run. Details below. Am I misunderstanding or is this a bug?
Environment: NT4SP6a with fresh Cygwin install made on 15th March (with previous setup.exe). This install was done in two stages - download from internet then install from local directory. Several optional packages were selected, and latest (non-Exp) versions were selected for each package. Actions: 1) In "Download from Internet" mode, I change the view to "Full", and Setup offers to download several updated packages. The selection seems fine - they correspond with recent package update announcements since 15th March. I don't make any changes, to the offered selections, click Next, and the download proceeds. Examining the results all looks ok - the new packages and new setup.ini have been added under a new directory corresponding to the mirror I chose (programming.ccp14.ac.uk). The directory name is a horror (http%3a%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2f programming%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin) but no matter. 2) I repeat (1) as before. Same settings and same mirror. I am expecting that it will notice the downloads just done, and offer no further updates. But it offers exactly the same set (reporting that I still have the earlier versions), and downloads them again (to the same subdirectory). 3) I now try to install from my local directory, but setup.exe reports "This setup.ini is older than the one you used last time you installed Cygwin. Proceed anyway?" Being cautious, I say No, and check the setup.ini files. I find the one from my original download in the top-level directory dated 15 March with setup-timestamp: 1016041807 setup-version: 2.125.2.10, and the new one in the mirror subdirectory dated 20 March with setup-timestamp: 1016560222 setup-version: 2.194.2.15. Again this all looks ok, so why the complaint? I tried renaming the older setup.ini but this had no effect. Here are excerpts from setup.log. I'll send the whole setup.log and setup.log.full, provide more details and/or investigate further myself if this would be useful. 2002/03/20 13:12:33 Starting cygwin install, version 2.194.2.15 2002/03/20 13:12:33 Current Directory: F:\Download\Cygwin 2002/03/20 13:12:33 Command line parameters 2002/03/20 13:12:33 0 - 'F:\Download\Cygwin\setup.exe' 2002/03/20 13:12:33 1 parameters passed 2002/03/20 13:12:47 source: download 2002/03/20 13:12:49 Selected local directory: F:\Download\Cygwin 2002/03/20 13:12:50 net: Direct 2002/03/20 13:13:07 site: http://programming.ccp14.ac.uk/ftp-mirror/programming/cygwin/pub/cygwin 2002/03/20 13:13:28 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/latest/autoconf/autoconf-2.53-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:13:38 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/latest/automake/automake-devel/automake-devel-1.5-5.t ar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:13:55 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/curl/curl-7.9.5-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:13:58 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/cygutils/cygutils-1.0.0-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:13:59 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/popt/popt-1.6.2-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:14:03 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/rsync/rsync-2.5.4-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:14:03 mbox note: Download Complete 2002/03/20 13:14:08 Ending cygwin install 2002/03/20 13:16:38 Starting cygwin install, version 2.194.2.15 2002/03/20 13:16:38 Current Directory: F:\Download\Cygwin 2002/03/20 13:16:38 Command line parameters 2002/03/20 13:16:38 0 - 'F:\Download\Cygwin\setup.exe' 2002/03/20 13:16:38 1 parameters passed 2002/03/20 13:16:44 source: download 2002/03/20 13:16:48 Selected local directory: F:\Download\Cygwin 2002/03/20 13:16:49 net: Direct 2002/03/20 13:16:52 site: http://programming.ccp14.ac.uk/ftp-mirror/programming/cygwin/pub/cygwin 2002/03/20 13:17:07 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/latest/autoconf/autoconf-2.53-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:17:17 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/latest/automake/automake-devel/automake-devel-1.5-5.t ar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:17:41 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/curl/curl-7.9.5-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:17:47 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/cygutils/cygutils-1.0.0-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:17:51 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/popt/popt-1.6.2-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:17:55 Downloaded F:\Download\Cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fprogramming.ccp14.ac.uk%2fftp-mirror%2fprogrammi ng%2fcygwin%2fpub%2fcygwin/contrib/rsync/rsync-2.5.4-1.tar.bz2 2002/03/20 13:17:56 mbox note: Download Complete 2002/03/20 13:17:58 Ending cygwin install -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/