[Setup 2.259.2.4]: Issue when previous package is deleted [was Re:please upload - expat-1.95.4 bugfix release]

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at netscape dot net>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 10:09:11PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>
> > expat-1.95.3 was buggy and is no longer available at sourceforge,
> > so please do delete the Cygwin release too.
> Deleted.
Corinna has inadvertantly discovered a bug in setup 2.259.2.4.  I had 
expat-1.95.3 installed on my machine and desired to upgrade to the new 
release.  I decided that, since it was uploaded so recently, I should 
verify the contents on my mirror of choice.  I just checked the 
setup.ini file on mirrors.rcn.net.  It contained an entry for the new 
expat-1.95.4 with the proper directory path.  I examined the files at 
the path specified, and they turned out to be the correct version and 
md5 sums.  I have attached a png of the dialogue for your reference 
regarding the upcoming explination.  Ok, I fire up setup.exe, point it 
to rcn.net, and click "View" once so that it displays all the packages. 
I then scroll down to expat, only to find it saying "Keep".  I click 
"Keep" thinking I might get the new version, but instead it cycles to 
"Uninstall".  I click again, it cycles back to "Keep".  So apparently 
setup.exe doesn't like it when the previous package is deleted from the 
mirrors.  Also, the same behaviour can be seen with the _PostInstallLast 
package.  The machine involved is running WindowsME.  Just thought I'd 
give a heads up.

Cheers,
Nicholas