On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:50:44, Vince Rice wrote:
It's my computer. I don't want setup (or anything else) replacing files on it it doesn't know about without at least asking whether that's what I want it to do. Setup's current behavior is exactly what it should be, IMO. If, as has been mentioned, someone wants to offer an *option* to replace, either with or without a question, then great. But the default should be to leave something it doesn't know about alone.
Thankfully we dont need your opinion on this matter, as we can simply fall back to facts, as I will now do. Let us bring some sanity to this thread, shall we? Exhibit A ==================== Package manager: APT Reference distro: Lubuntu http://lubuntu.me Cache: /var/cache/apt Exhibit B ==================== Package manager: DNF Reference distro: Fedora http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde Cache: /var/cache/dnf Option: keepcache=True Exhibit C ===================== Package manager: ZYpp Reference distro: Gecko LXQt http://geckolinux.github.io Cache: /var/cache/zypp Option: --keep-packages In all cases, these package managers remove invalid archives without warning. Why should setup.exe be any different? I eagerly await your referenced and reasoned rebuttal. Cheers -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
