> From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:10, Ross Smith wrote:
>
> > > No.
> > > Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is
> > > installed.
> > > I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache.
> >
> > I still don't understand the difference. He says it ignores
> the cache
> > and downloads it all again. You say it ignores the cache
> and downloads
> > it all again. Exactly the same thing.
>
> He says it ignores the cache and DOES NOT download it again.
He said:
> But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and looks only at
> what has been actually installed. So if you don't get all the files
> you want in a single session, and don't install, then you have
> problems.
That seems quite clear to me. Setup ignores what's in the cache;
anything that's already in the cache but wasn't installed will be
downloaded again, unnecessarily.
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Ross Smith ...................... Pharos Systems, Auckland, New Zealand
"It's never too soon to start planning, and, in fact,
it's usually too late." -- Chad Orzel
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