----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Polley Christopher W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:17 PM Subject: Re: setup.exe selects old versions for required packages
> Robert Collins wrote: > > > > Yes, but we took the one-step at a time approach. Please note that a > > version requirement will NOT solve the vim/gettext confusion. That > > confusion was caused because setup doesn't check for file conflicts, and > > in not checking for them, cannot take appropriate action (in this case, > > upgrading the old package first, which would fix the conflict and > > prevent the .dll getting inappropriately deleted). > > > Maybe I am having a thinko, but I don't remember any file conflict in > the gettext package. ncurses(old)-->ncurses(new)+libncurses* had an > "inappropriate .dll deletion" problem if you don't do things in the > right order -- but I don't remember anything like that with gettext. > > Help? Sorry, I need glasses I think. Yes Chuck, you're right, gettext was completely different, I was confused and adding confusion :}. A minimum version requirement for gettext in the vim requirements would solve the cygintl.dll problem, done either the rpm or deb fashion. Rob -- 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/
