New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Collins
We're at that time again, where your testing directly influences the quality of setup.exe that you get to run. So, at http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/ there is a new setup.exe snapshot, that is (as far as we know) devoid of major bugs. It has many many new features. They include: * More co

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread John Morrison
Congratulations to all :) I've tried it and a couple of collegues (I ran the net installation they ran local). Nobody found anything wrong. There was, however, one suggestion; they liked the progress for MD5 but they wanted an overall progress in addition to one for each package (and they wanted

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 00:26, John Morrison wrote: > Congratulations to all :) > > I've tried it and a couple of collegues (I > ran the net installation they ran local). Nobody > found anything wrong. There was, however, one > suggestion; they liked the progress for MD5 but > they wanted an overa

Re: New setup.exe beta

2002-11-26 Thread fergus
I've tried it twice. Both brand new installations after removing all previous traces of Cygwin including registry entries. First time: just install base. Second time: just install base, then run setup again (i.e. as "update" really) and install half a dozen additional extras. Faultless both times.

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread John Morrison
On 26 Nov 2002, Robert Collins wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 00:26, John Morrison wrote: > > Congratulations to all :) > > > > I've tried it and a couple of collegues (I > > ran the net installation they ran local). Nobody > > found anything wrong. There was, however, one > > suggestion; they li

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread Vince Hoffman
11:33 AM Subject: New setup.exe beta. > We're at that time again, where your testing directly influences the > quality of setup.exe that you get to run. > > So, > at http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/ there is a new setup.exe > snapshot, that is (as far as we know) d

Re: New setup.exe beta

2002-11-26 Thread fergus
Tried it twice again: full install from scratch but this time from a Local Directory. Now the MD5 check took place, as Igor said it would. Everything passed. Base install works fine. But: clicking on the gizmo to change from "All Default" to "All Install" caused such a long pause* that eventually

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 01:33, John Morrison wrote: > Can't you get the number of files from setup.ini? Not if there isn't one, which is still (grudglingly) supported. Also, for *any* sort of accuracy, how many files are there is needed, otherwise my 8000 entry test file will spend more time updat

Re: New setup.exe beta

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 07:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tried it twice again: full install from scratch but this time from a Local > Directory. Now the MD5 check took place, as Igor said it would. Everything > passed. > > Base install works fine. > > But: clicking on the gizmo to change from "All

RE: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread John Morrison
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 01:33, John Morrison wrote: > > Can't you get the number of files from setup.ini? > > Not if there isn't one, which is still (grudglingly) supported. > Also, for *any* sort of accuracy, how many files are there is needed, >

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, > at http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/ there is a new setup.exe > snapshot, that is (as far as we know) devoid of major bugs. > Please, please, try this setup.exe out and tell us what you think. It works fine, but I do get this error message:

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:09, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has the timestamp definition changed? No, but the entry to the packages area has, your trailing linefeed is the likely culprit. I had some hairy stuff happening at one point, and the unlimited \

Re: New setup.exe beta

2002-11-26 Thread fergus
>> But: clicking on the gizmo to change from "All Default" to >> "All Install" caused such a long pause that eventually I >> checked to see what was happening. Answer: >> "Setup Options [not responding]". It happened identically >> at a second attempt. Extended pause with nothing at the end >> of i

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-27 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Hello, > We're at that time again, where your testing directly influences the > quality of setup.exe that you get to run. > > So, > at http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/ there is a new setup.exe > snapshot, that is (as far as we know) devoid of major bugs. 1. If i try to install from local d

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-27 Thread Pavel Tsekov
> directory (havent tried the other modes yet). Look for a line which looks > like this > in the attached setup.log file: Sorry, forgot the attachments :( -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! setup.log Des

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-27 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Has the timestamp definition changed? > > No, but the entry to the packages area has, your trailing linefeed :-) > is the likely culprit. Forgive my ignorance, but I don't understand the concept of `trailing linefeed'. Do you mean that whitespace

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-27 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 23:54, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Has the timestamp definition changed? > > > > No, but the entry to the packages area has, your trailing linefeed Leading. I meant leading (line 1). Rob -- --- GPG key available at: http://

Re: New setup.exe beta.

2002-11-27 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Leading. I meant leading (line 1). Leading linefeed. Ah, empty lines are not allowed in the header. I'll have a look tonight. Thanks, Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien

Re: New setup.exe beta

2002-11-27 Thread Max Bowsher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> But: clicking on the gizmo to change from "All Default" to >>> "All Install" caused such a long pause that eventually I >>> checked to see what was happening. Answer: >>> "Setup Options [not responding]". It happened identically >>> at a second atte

New setup.exe beta and the elusive MD5 sum (Re: New setup.exe beta)

2002-11-26 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
me to notice. When should i have seen the md5 test ? > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:33 AM > Subject: New setup.exe beta. > > > We're a

Re: New setup.exe beta and the elusive MD5 sum (Re: New setup.exebeta)

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 05:03, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > This question has come up more than once already, so I'll take a stab at > the answer: > The explicit MD5 sum check, IIUC, is performed only when doing Install > from Local Directory to make sure the external tools did not corrupt the > downlo