Louis Kruger wrote:
[...]
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the
failed MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to skip
the package? and has a yes and no button. I read it quickly and
pressed no before thinking about it, the package went ahead and
On 7/30/07, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Louis Kruger wrote:
[...]
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the
failed MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to skip
the package? and has a yes and no button. I read it quickly and
pressed
On 26 July 2007 21:27, Markus E.L. wrote:
3) Calm down, breath deeply, and try not to be so hysterical.
Good advice, Dave. Did you try it once?
- M
Snappy reply dude, you've obviously been working hard on that one. No
wonder it took you a fortnight to come up with it. Now would you
3) Calm down, breath deeply, and try not to be so hysterical.
Good advice, Dave. Did you try it once?
- M
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FAQ:
I performed a cygwin update today, and was confronted with an MD5
failure on one of the packages.
The package was vim-7.1-1.tar.bz2 downloaded from mirrors.dotsrc.org
As the package installed, I saw some strange behavior, I'm worried it
might have been some kind of trojan.
I saved the
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the failed
MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to skip the
package? and has a yes and no button. I read it quickly and pressed no
before thinking
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Subject: Re: hacked package on server
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the failed
MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to skip the
package? and has a yes and no button. I read
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the failed
MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to skip the
package? and has a yes and no button. I read it quickly and pressed no
before
* Louis Kruger (Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:17:43 -0500)
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the failed
MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to skip the
package? and has a yes and no
I remember an extensive discussion about the purpose MD5 sums serve for
the cygwin installer[1] some time ago.
My understanding (synopsis) of the thread (before I gave up reading it in
disgust somewhere around Christopher Faylor's suggestion that the subject
be dropped :} ) was that md5sum is
I do think that instead of simply aborting the install with a message that
the server was compromised (was it? or is something else going on?), that
a more useful option would be to allow the user to select a different
mirror and continue the process.
Sure. I just wanted to make the
DANGER: Extreme sarcasm ahead. May also be withering. No warranty, no
refunds.
On 16 July 2007 16:31, Chicken Licken ^W^W Louis Kruger wrote:
As the package installed, I saw some strange behavior, I'm worried it
might have been some kind of trojan.
Are you able to actually describe
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 11:59:12AM -0400, Brian Kelly wrote:
This would be more helpful:
Do you want to not skip the package (No/Yes/Maybe)?
The Maybe can then consult a random number routine to decide whether or not
to do the operation.
Good point. I obviously stick at this UI stuff.
cgf
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 02:38:17PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 11:59:12AM -0400, Brian Kelly wrote:
This would be more helpful:
Do you want to not skip the package (No/Yes/Maybe)?
The Maybe can then consult a random number routine to decide whether
or not to do the
Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted.
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Brian Kelly wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jul 16, 2007 11:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks.
Subject: Re: hacked package on server
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Louis Kruger wrote:
As the package installed, I saw some strange behavior, I'm worried
it might have been some kind of trojan.
Are you able to actually describe strange behaviour
It crashed the setup program, which seemed to indicate it was installing
strangely
. Thanks.
Subject: Re: hacked package on server
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Louis Kruger wrote:
I also have a complaint: the dialog that notifies the user of the
failed MD5 is not well designed. The dialog asks Do you want to
skip the package? and has a yes and no button
Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 03:44:51PM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote:
Yes, everyone now has been quite hilarious on this part of the
matter, but I think it's time to get past the arrogance and, god
forbid, consider that a user's reported problem, oh my god, might
actually be
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 12:47:50AM +0200, Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
Or something like that. Then its two clicks or several keystrokes before
one can continue.
If you want to help, then dig up multiple googled cases of previous
confusion. Then we can quibble about wording.
cgf
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Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
Well in my opinion It could even be better to have an unchecked checkbox
like:
Wrong MD5 sum detected.
This package look broken. Try another mirror.
( ) Yes I Really want to install this even if it looks broken.
OK
Or something like that. Then its two clicks or
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 12:20:19AM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
The second best, and quickest, would be for a patch to show up
implementing Thorsten's suggestion that cfg pointed out. Until someone
steps up to do the work, this discussion is just going to fade out and
die.
Urp. How could I have
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Pedro Alves wrote:
Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
Well in my opinion It could even be better to have an unchecked checkbox
like:
Wrong MD5 sum detected.
This package look broken. Try another mirror.
( ) Yes I Really want to install this even if it looks broken.
From: Brian Mathis
[snip]
Yes, everyone now has been quite hilarious on this part of
the matter, but I think it's time to get past the arrogance
and, god forbid, consider that a user's reported problem, oh
my god, might actually be a problem!
snort! Heheheh! He thinks he's on
Brian Mathis wrote:
In this case, a user running an installer is in the frame of mind of
*installing* things, not *skipping* things.
Perhaps this is in your case, certainly not everyone in this mailing list.
So when they are asked a
question, they should be asked questions about
Louis Kruger wrote:
As the package installed, I saw some strange behavior, I'm worried it
might have been some kind of trojan.
Are you able to actually describe strange behaviour
It crashed the setup program, which seemed to indicate it was installing
strangely named files. It also
Hi,
Carlo Florendo wrote:
Brian Mathis wrote:
The OP said:
Do you want to skip the package? and has a yes and no button.
I read it quickly and pressed no before thinking about it
^^
So you see, it's a problem of thought. The UI message *is*
Erich Dollansky wrote:
Hi,
Carlo Florendo wrote:
Brian Mathis wrote:
The OP said:
Do you want to skip the package? and has a yes and no button.
I read it quickly and pressed no before thinking about it
^^
So you see, it's a problem of
Erich Dollansky wrote:
Carlo Florendo wrote:
Brian Mathis wrote:
The OP said:
Do you want to skip the package? and has a yes and no button.
I read it quickly and pressed no before thinking about it
^^
So you see, it's a problem of thought.
Pedro Alves wrote:
Perhaps the screen should flash, and a loud beep
should sound every time a MessageBox not related to
install to package wants to show up. Then wait 3 seconds,
show a warning, going out of install mode MessageBox,
sleep a bit more, and only then show the skip message box.
Hi,
Pedro Alves wrote:
Erich Dollansky wrote:
Carlo Florendo wrote:
Brian Mathis wrote:
The OP said:
Do you want to skip the package? and has a yes and no button.
I read it quickly and pressed no before thinking about it
^^
So you see,
Pedro Alves wrote:
The switch from:
do you want to format your drive?:
+-+ +-+
+ yes + + no +
+-+ +-+
to:
do you want to format your drive?:
++ +-+
+ format + + cancel +
++ +-+
... Makes it much easier to understand what the
Carlo Florendo wrote:
The switch from:
do you want to format your drive?:
+-+ +-+
+ yes + + no +
+-+ +-+
to:
do you want to format your drive?:
++ +-+
+ format + + cancel +
++ +-+
... Makes it much easier to understand what the
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