Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-17 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
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 kee

Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-17 Thread Brian Keener
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 packages at Current (the recommended version)

Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-16 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Max, >> My workaround for setup.exe's behaviour is ... > Messy Please don't advise people to circumvent setup! I know that, then it is better to say: My workaround for setup.exe's behaviour is: build & install perl-5.8 yourself from source. Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > Hallo Ashley, > > Am Samstag, 15. März 2003 um 10:05 schriebst du: > >> NOTE: I am not on the list. Please reply directly. > >> Why does cygwin setup want to downgrade perl from 5.8 to 5.6? Is >> this intentional or accidental? The following excerpt from > >> http://arc

Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-16 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Ashley, Am Samstag, 15. März 2003 um 10:05 schriebst du: > NOTE: I am not on the list. Please reply directly. > Why does cygwin setup want to downgrade perl from 5.8 to 5.6? Is this > intentional or accidental? The following excerpt from > http://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/setup.ini

Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Ashley Shugart wrote: > NOTE: I am not on the list. Please reply directly. > > Why does cygwin setup want to downgrade perl from 5.8 to 5.6? Is this > intentional or accidental? It's a known issue. Setup has been like that since I first used it - I don't know whether by intent or accident. There

cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

2003-03-15 Thread Ashley Shugart
NOTE: I am not on the list. Please reply directly. Why does cygwin setup want to downgrade perl from 5.8 to 5.6? Is this intentional or accidental? The following excerpt from http://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/setup.ini shows 5.8 is listed under a [test] section. @ perl sdesc: "Larry Wall'