Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/04/05/13:27:33
>>> =A0You also proposed adding a feature it already has, a column telling =
you
>>> whether a package is already installed or not. =A0This tells me that yo=
u are not
>>> calmly and dispassionately observing what is in front of your eyes.
>> It doesn't have a column dedicated for this purpose, that column is
>> used also to instruct the installer what to do.
>
> =A0You are looking at the wrong column.
>
> =A0Look at the column immediately to its left.
>
> =A0The one labelled "Current".
>
> =A0The one that shows you the currently-installed version of the package,=
or
> nothing if it is not currently installed.
>
> =A0Perhaps you could get that two-year old you mentioned earlier to point=
it
> out to you.
Thanks, but it seems I already have.
>
>> If that's the case, then why does it offer to save packages without
>> installing - it obviously was intended as a way of downloading and
>> installing later.
>
> =A0Yes, exactly. =A0It is a way of downloading, for later installation, t=
he exact
> same set of packages it would download and install at the same time if yo=
u ran
> it in install-from-internet mode.
>
> =A0Not some arbitrary different set of packages. =A0You made that bit up.
>
>> The fact is that the obvious way it should work,
>
> =A0You're just elevating your own mistaken assumptions to the status of
> "obvious" truths. =A0You need to get over yourself.
Wow, you just can't help throwing insults around - well done, you're
great at that at least.
>
> =A0Still no log files, I see. =A0It's almost as if you didn't want to dem=
onstrate
> that there is a bug or have it fixed. =A0I promise you, if you've found a=
bug, I
> will indeed write the code necessary to fix it, but you have to be able to
> show it to me.
Dave, thanks, but cygwin obviously doesn't want my input, and I don't
want your help.
Chris
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