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Subject: RE:  Re: Bug in setup.exe 2.194.2.24
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:30:42 +1000
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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Chase [mailto:mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:28 AM

> "Download from Internet" shouldn't care in the least whether 
> there is a Cygwin installation present or not.  It should 
> only care about the files in the local directory tree. 

Why? Something that doesn't care about the install at all sounds like a
mirroring tool to me. I've said it before - I'm happy to assist in the
creation of a mirroring tool using the setup.exe parser and classes, but
setup.exe itself.. is not and should not be such a tool.
 
Rob

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