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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 07:06:04 +1000
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: Alan Dobkin <Cygwin AT OmniComp DOT Org>
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Subject: Re: setup.exe final pre-release..
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Alan Dobkin wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> 
>>Indeed, and here it is:
>>http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.340.2.3.2.10.2.1.exe
> 
> 
> I haven't experienced any setup crashes, but I have a question 
> about it's behavior when used with the local directory option.  
> 
> Each time I run it against a local mirror, it checks the MD5 sum 
> of every package in the mirror.  This is a time-consuming process 
> and, unless the window remains in the foreground the entire time, 
> it seems to hang.  During this time, the status bar is frozen, 
> the window doesn't repaint, and it cannot be moved.  Eventually, 
> once it finishes all of the MD5 checks, it displays the package 
> selection screen and then works normally.

There is a status bar that should be udpating. I'm not sure it doesn't 
for you.

> My question is this:  Why is it necessary to scan every package 
> in the mirror every time setup is run against a local mirror?  
> Most of the time, I am only installing a single package or a 
> few updates.  It seems that setup should only check the packages 
> being installed, and the rest of them should be ignored.

How do you create / maintain that local mirror. Via setup, or via an 
external script of some sort?

Rob


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