Re: Pin package version

2014-11-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 18 09:40, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 11/18/2014 03:14 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I could not find an answer to this: is it possible to pin a package
> >version with the Cygwin installer?
> 
> No, not really.  "Keep" is the closest implemented feature.  Everything
> else would be a work-around at this point.  So PTC, I guess.

Absolutely.  Our problem is not a lack of good ideas, it's developer
time.  If you want to help, setup.exe might be a good start.

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Corinna

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Re: Pin package version

2014-11-18 Thread Andrew Schulman
> I could not find an answer to this: is it possible to pin a package
> version with the Cygwin installer?  Switching manually to "keep" on
> every update is error prone.

+1 (for all that's worth)


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Re: Pin package version

2014-11-18 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)

On 11/18/2014 03:14 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:

Hi,

I could not find an answer to this: is it possible to pin a package
version with the Cygwin installer?


No, not really.  "Keep" is the closest implemented feature.  Everything
else would be a work-around at this point.  So PTC, I guess.


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