On 7/5/07, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) <> wrote:
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> DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> > I am using the version of setup.exe that just came out (2.573.2.2).
>
> FYI, this is not a new problem.
>
> > When I put just the sunsite.dk site in for cygwin-ports only, it works
> > as expected.  Although if I delete all of my cached setup data, I get
> > a message that the setup.ini is older than the last one I used.
> >
> > If I put any other repository in place, it tells me that a large
> > number of my applications are an older version even though the version
> > numbers are, in fact, more recent.
>
> setup.exe blindly assumes that the packages in the newer setup.ini are
> themselves newer, without looking at the package versions.
>
> This is the workaround:
>
> 1) If necessary, update from the official distro by "Download Without
> Installing" from a listed mirror.
>
> 2) Run setup.exe again and "Download Without Installing" ONLY from
> Cygwin Ports.
>
> 3) Run the following command:
> sed -i -e "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: `date +%s`@" \
> /path/to/ftp%3a%2f%2fsunsite.dk%2fprojects%2fcygwinports/setup.ini
>
> 4) Run setup.exe once more and "Install from Local Directory".
>
>
> Yaakov
> Cygwin Ports
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This mostly worked.  The only package that still wanted to downgrade
was fontconfig.

Thanks for the instructions though.  I'm glad the fix is relatively
easy that I could do on my own.

-Jason

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