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Re: setup HEAD (2.278) defaults to older packages
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>,"Len Giambrone" <frodo at mit dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:47:41 +0100
- Subject: Re: setup HEAD (2.278) defaults to older packages
- References: <tml7khhsm1k.fsf@small-gods.mit.edu>
Len Giambrone wrote:
> On the dialogs I choose:
> Download Source: Download from Internet OR Install from Internet
> Local package dir: C:\cygdist
> Internet Connection: Direct Connection
> Download Site: ftp://archive.progeny.com
>
> Now when the Chooser window comes up, I click on Base, and I see
>
> ash: 20020131-1
> bash: 2.05b-4
> cygwin: 1.3.10-1
>
> Despite the fact that the setup.ini says the current versions are:
>
> ash: 20020731-1
> bash: 2.05b-5
> cygwin: 1.3.12-4
>
> I can get at the latest version by clicking a few times, but shouldn't it
> default to the latest packages?
>
> I get the latest versions by default if I use version 2.249.2.5.
>
> Bug, or intentional?
Bug, definitely, but this is HEAD, after all, and see Robert's last post.
Max.