On 12/1/2016 8:25 AM, Vlado wrote: > On 1.12.2016 13:51, Eliot Moss wrote: >> I think that including the version of the setup program could be helpful >> - I tend >> to add it (renaming the file by hand). However, clearly we've lived >> with things this >> way for a long time ...
More than a score years. > > I disagree. > I have a script to update Cygwin. This script checks for new version of > setup, downloads, verifies signature, etc. Things would become much more > complicated with variable setup file name. > Finally: Why should I care about the exact version number of setup? > Script makes backups of the old setup files like setup.exe.0001, 0002, > ..., just for a cause, but never in the past I did have to looking for > the setup with exact version number. > The only reason would be if you had an older version of the .ini file. When the data prerequisites of the .ini file change there is a new version of setup to handle that. -- cyg Simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple