On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Brian Keener wrote:
> Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> > My workaround for setup.exe's behaviour is:
> > build & install perl-5.8 yourself from source.
> >
> How about simply explaining that setups default behavior (for the less
> adventurous and experienced) has always been to keep your [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (the recommended version). Therefore in an attempt to accomplish this it will
> try to downgrade to 5.6 which is current. If you wish to [EMAIL PROTECTED] test
> version simply change the status to keep.
>
> Granted it would be nice if I had previously elected to install a test version
> that setup accept this decision and leave that version installed, but until the
> bug is fixed and to keep folks from attempting to circumvent Setup and creating
> more issues - the above might be a better response that circumventing setup or
> building their own.
>
> bk
You can also always choose the Exp mode of setup... Currently, there are
2 things that are marked Exp: perl-5.8 and the new ncurses... You can
then deselect the new ncurses...
Igor
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