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Subject: Re: Setup 2.249.2.5 bug: uninstalling existing packages if update
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From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
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Date: 31 Aug 2002 08:45:42 +1000
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On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 08:26, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> This may be me doing something wrong, but that's pretty unlikely, as the
> procedure was very simple:
> I have setup 2.249.2.5.  When I ran it to install a source for some
> package, it offered me to update w32api (I had 1.5-1, and 2.0-1 is out).
> I didn't want to update just then, and unchecked the checkbox, and then
> selected the source I wanted.  Setup proceeded to uninstall w32api
> altogether.  When I ran setup again, w32api was showing as not installed.

Unchecing the check box -disabled- the binary of that package. You need
to click on the version until it shows the same as you have, if you
don't want to change anything.

Rob


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