Sounds like a bug. It's low priority (as you can install), I will investigate this weekend.
Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 5:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: src files for setup : repeatedly offered > > > Having a few problems on W98/SE with setup.exe v.2.218.2.8 > (md5sum 9689c564b7cc316b5650fce3f41e16e2 is it my imagination > or has there been more than one 2.8?) including "incomplete > installation" messages. But nothing intrinsically different > to phenomena already reported by others. > > But my question, or observation, is about the new possibility > of downloading/ installing setup*src* files. There's no > binary, and so no record is kept of whether a user has or has > not "installed" these files. So, irrespectively and > interminably, the offer to do so is repeatedly made at > subsequent visits to http://cygwin.com/setup.exe. Yes? That's > my experience anyway. (At least, it is when All Default is > clicked to All Install.) For all other packages, the source > files are offered as an optional extra to the binaries, so > the situation does not arise. > > Fergus > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/
