On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 22:38, V S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently updated my old pidgin to latest release. > > After I downloaded the package, and ran the install, it went to site to > download first gtk (probably) and then another package. > > I was already having a running pidgin, so I guess these sub-packages must > already be in my installation and pidgin should use them instead of > downloading them afresh, if there is no change in those packages, or even if > there is change, it should give me option whether I want to work with old > packages instead of downloading new ones (on the basis of time I have or my > net recharge avlbl). > > when I cancelled download of those two sub packages, installer did finish > the job, but on running, it said such and such software not found and didn't > work. > > so I had to download some 25 MB fully offline installer package (having > those two sub packages) afresh and installed that. it worked, but I feel my > previous efforts in downloading that partial package got wasted. > > Please give it a thought. Make do with only those packages that you have > made us download, no point having some software downloaded, and then the > installed downloading yet another software when run.
The "online" installer will, by default, not download and install anything that doesn't need upgrading. Pidgin 2.7.0 and newer use a newer GTK+ version than the old version - that is why the GTK+ download is required. Unless our GTK+ package is upgraded for future versions, you'll notice that the installer doesn't attempt to download it. -D _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
