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Re: Sample setup.ini


On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:54:11PM -0400, Brian Keener wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> If you check out the pre_category branch, you'll get a version of setup.exe
>> before Robert's category changes.  The way I usually do this is:
>> 
>>   cd winsup
>>   rsync -a cinstall/ precinstall
>>   cd precinstall
>>   cvs update -rpre_category
>>
>Michael Chase wrote:
>> The precinstall version doesn't have the rule necessary to accept multiple
>> categories for a package.  I think that is one of the desired features the
>> upcoming version will provide.
>
>Okay,
>
>I'm confused now (playing catchup again). So people like me can keep up with 
>this we now have two branches of cvs for cinstall - right?  Chris' message 
>seems to imply that precinstall is the version of setup that would be most like 
>what we would get from the web page as an average user - without any of the new 
>stuff but then Michael' message seems to imply that the new stuff is broken in 
>the precinstall version.  
>
>Which is it or where did my interpretation go goofy.  Is it the 
>*Pre*vious*Cinstall* or the *Pre*liminary*Cinstall*?

The setup.exe on the branch parses the new setup.ini options that Robert
added but does nothing with them.

The presentation of the setup.exe on the branch is similar to previous
versions of setup.exe.  It doesn't have the "Categories" presentation
that now exists on the trunk.

cgf


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