Re: Setup - Idea...
> > Ok, I'll be the religious one. If a package is removed from setup.ini > then setup should leave previously installed versions alone. If a > package needs to be removed due to serious conflicts with Cygwin then a > null package can be created to remove the conflicting files. Then at a > later date the null package can be deleted. > > Note: A null package is one with just an obligatory > /usr/doc/cygwin/-README that explains the removal decision. This 'feature' I hadnt considered - it implements all the abilities that I was thinking might be needed... So therefore my post was useless afterall! :) (well besides me learning something potentially useful at some point in the future) Gareth
Re: Setup - Idea...
> (like cygwin conflicts with regex - which it doesnt I am > hoping/guessing/havent seen any eveidence yet - but in a similar > circumstance prehaps it would) It does. regex.h is obviously in both packages currently. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc.
Re: Setup - Idea...
Robert Collins wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 22:35, Gareth Pearce wrote: > > Hi ... I am going out on a limb here and assume that this feature hasnt been > > suggested before. (ummm yeah I know I should of checked the message lists - > > I am prepared to shoot myself if I am wrong :P) > > I'm not sure if it's been suggested, but I don't think its a good thing > - IMO when a package is removed, setup should leave it installed, until > the user requests that it be removed. > Ditto. > I'm not religious on this one, so if anyone disagrees, just chime in. > Ok, I'll be the religious one. If a package is removed from setup.ini then setup should leave previously installed versions alone. If a package needs to be removed due to serious conflicts with Cygwin then a null package can be created to remove the conflicting files. Then at a later date the null package can be deleted. Note: A null package is one with just an obligatory /usr/doc/cygwin/-README that explains the removal decision. Earnie. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Setup - Idea...
> On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 22:35, Gareth Pearce wrote: > > Hi ... I am going out on a limb here and assume that this feature hasnt been > > suggested before. (ummm yeah I know I should of checked the message lists - > > I am prepared to shoot myself if I am wrong :P) > > I'm not sure if it's been suggested, but I don't think its a good thing > - IMO when a package is removed, setup should leave it installed, until > the user requests that it be removed. I agree - 'except' - where not removing it is almost certain to cause pain and suffering. I think I can see this being possible - but ummm maybe its really more an extension of 'conflicts with' - and so when conflicts get added it can be done then... (like cygwin conflicts with regex - which it doesnt I am hoping/guessing/havent seen any eveidence yet - but in a similar circumstance prehaps it would) Gareth
Re: Setup - Idea...
On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 22:35, Gareth Pearce wrote: > Hi ... I am going out on a limb here and assume that this feature hasnt been > suggested before. (ummm yeah I know I should of checked the message lists - > I am prepared to shoot myself if I am wrong :P) I'm not sure if it's been suggested, but I don't think its a good thing - IMO when a package is removed, setup should leave it installed, until the user requests that it be removed. I'm not religious on this one, so if anyone disagrees, just chime in. Rob
Setup - Idea...
Hi ... I am going out on a limb here and assume that this feature hasnt been suggested before. (ummm yeah I know I should of checked the message lists - I am prepared to shoot myself if I am wrong :P) Having just read Corinna's announcement that regex was going to be removed. I was thinking that prehaps there should be the ability to create an entry in setup.ini - which will cause setup to default to uninstall for a given package. Not sure if in this case it would be the best idea - but prehaps there are other circumstances where it would it might come in useful in the future. If theres interest - I can probably steal enough time to write a patch (umm I - *hope*) Gareth - is sorely tempted to try and give BIND ago for maintainership - since its requested so much :P ... wonder if people complaining about it not working would mind 'I aint got a clue - I just maintaining this for lack of a maintainer' on a regular basis ;) hmm still need to decide between nano 1.0.8 and 1.1.5 as well.
