Greetings, Ken Brown! > On 12/14/2017 2:46 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Ken Brown! >> >>> This is a followup to the discussion started here: >> >>> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-12/msg00088.html >> >>> When setup is preparing to download files and it finds a corrupt copy in >>> the local cache, it issues a fatal error message telling the user to >>> remove the corrupt file and retry. Steven said that setup should >>> silently delete the corrupt file, while I argued in favor of the current >>> behavior, on the grounds that setup shouldn't be deleting user files if >>> it doesn't know where they came from. >> >> The point being, if this is a "Download" Setup mode, the files are NOT "User" >> files, but a local setup cache. And all files therein SHOULD be valid package >> archives. >> There's of course situations, when setup.ini on server become corrupted or >> otherwise out of sync. But being rare, they should not interfere too much. >> >>> There is a middle ground: setup could query the user. Additionally, as >>> suggested by cyg Simple, there could be an option that directs setup to >>> silently remove corrupt files. >> >> Make it mode dependent. >> If it's a "download[ and install]" mode, cleanup and redownload. >> If redownloaded file still does not match the setup.ini hash or if it's an >> "install from local cache" mode, leave file alone for investigation and >> notify >> the user.
> You've misunderstood the context. The error is only shown in download or > download/install mode. Where did I say, when this error is shown currently? > And, as I said, it happens when setup is *preparing* to > download files and finds a corrupt copy already present in the local cache. In > that context, setup has no idea where the file came from. Please forget about current behavior and read my post again. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, December 15, 2017 15:44:59 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
