Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Robert Pendell
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:56:23PM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >>Well I use my own mirror too so I wanted to get it up to date anyways. >> The warning does come up when the mirror is not on the list so that >>is not the issue. > > Are yo

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:56:23PM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >Well I use my own mirror too so I wanted to get it up to date anyways. > The warning does come up when the mirror is not on the list so that >is not the issue. Are you saying that you actually *saw* the message? In that case, you ig

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Robert Pendell
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:24:52AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >>On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >>>release area.  ??If you use the new se

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:24:52AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >>release area. ??If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a >>mirror which hasn't catched up with

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Robert Pendell
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Hi, > > I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 > release area.  If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror > which hasn't catched up with the update yet, you are in danger to > overwrite your 1.7

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 03:17:31PM +, Andy Koppe wrote: >2009/12/23 Christopher Faylor: >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:37:31PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >>>release area. ??If you use the new setup.exe for Cy

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/23 Andy Koppe: > 2009/12/23 Christopher Faylor: >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:37:31PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >>>release area.  If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror >>>which hasn't

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 23 10:11, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:37:31PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 > >release area. If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror > >which hasn't catched up wit

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/23 Christopher Faylor: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:37:31PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >>release area.  If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror >>which hasn't catched up with the update yet,

Re: HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:37:31PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >Hi, > >I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 >release area. If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror >which hasn't catched up with the update yet, you are in danger to >overwrite your

[ANNOUNCEMENT] HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi, I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 release area. If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror which hasn't catched up with the update yet, you are in danger to overwrite your 1.7 installation with a Cygwin 1.5.25-based installation. Be *VERY* car

HEADSUP: Check mirror carefully when updating your 1.7 installation

2009-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi, I just found an unfortunate side-effect of the move of the Cygwin 1.7 release area. If you use the new setup.exe for Cygwin 1.7 on a mirror which hasn't catched up with the update yet, you are in danger to overwrite your 1.7 installation with a Cygwin 1.5.25-based installation. Be *VERY* car