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Re: I think I've GOT IT! The "Cannot open (null) for reading"bug!!!

From: Robert Collins <rbcollins at cygwin dot com>
To: Max Bowsher <maxb at ukf dot net>
Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
Date: 09 Mar 2003 09:52:38 +1100
Subject: Re: I think I've GOT IT! The "Cannot open (null) for reading"bug!!!
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On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 07:41, Max Bowsher wrote:
> I traced it to this curious condition:
> 
> pkg.desired.sourcePackage()          == false &&
> pkg.desired.sourcePackage().picked() == true
> 
> How? Well, it turns out that the defaultversion placeholder object used,
> amongst other circumstances, when a package is has no source package, is
> returning *true* to picked()!
> 
> Robert, how do you think this should be fixed?

Offhand, without referencing the source - make the defaultversion return
false to picked().

Rob
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