On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:04:40AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 05:26, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>----- Forwarded message from Cron Daemon ----- > >>From: root (Cron Daemon) > >>Subject: Cron <cgf> cd /sourceware/ftp/anonftp/pub/cygwin; > >>/sourceware/infra/bin/cygwin/upset -C -u setup.ini; /usr/local/bin/upx -q -q -q > >>setup.exe || exit 0 > >>Date: 3 Feb 2004 18:20:06 -0000 > >> > >>upset: release/xemacs/xemacs-emacs-common/setup.hint:5: unknown key 'conflicts: > >>emacs' > >> > >>----- End forwarded message ----- > >> > >>Please don't invent setup.hint keys... > > > > > >FWIW it's a valid setup.ini key. And has been for quite some time. > > Yes, I know. So you keep saying. However it is not listed as a valid > keyword in the definitive documentation: > > http://cygwin.com/setup.html > > "Lines in setup.hint will consist of one of the following: > > # comment > @ package > sdesc: "some text" > ldesc: "some text" > skip: > curr: version > prev: version > test: version > category: name1[ name2...] > requires: package[ package...] > external-source: package" > > and AFAICT it does nothing in setup.exe. It is not as if users will be > scanning the setup.hint file looking for conflicts. So, there is no > reason to provide a false sense of confidence by implementing it in > upset. Therefore, it should not be used in setup.hint. > > cgf
FWIW, it's not even in <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup-head.ini.html>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
