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Re: Setup: lesson learned and suggestion


> From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
> To: "Dameron, Gregg" <gregg.dameron@lmco.com>,
> 	<cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
> Subject: Re: Setup:  lesson learned and suggestion
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:57:49 -0000
> 
> Dameron, Gregg wrote:
> > Running setup.exe version 2.427 on Windows 2000.
> >
> > When the option "Install from Local Directory" is selected, the screen 
> > titled
> > "Select Local Package Directory" prompts the user as follows:
> >
> >     Select a directory where you want Setup to store the installation 
> > files it
> >     downloads.  The directory will be created if it does not already 
> > exist.
> >
> > The prompt didn't (doesn't) make sense in the context of a local directory
> > install.  The first few times I ran it, I interpreted this prompt to mean
> > "select a directory where you want Setup to store the installation files 
> > it
> > _generates_".  I took it to mean (1) Setup needed a place to write
> > installation log files; and (2) I would be prompted later for the 
> > directory
> > containing all the packages I downloaded (or else Setup had already found
> > them).  Consequently, I gave Setup a path to a new directory and picked 
> > Next.
> > Setup died with the infamous Application Error dialog, stating:
> >
> >     The instruction at "0x00485fbd" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
> >     The memory could not be "written".
> >
> > [FYI - the setup logs showed nothing unusual, post-mortem.  I did notice 
> > that
> > new (mostly empty) cygwin registry entries were created.]
> >
> > A few false starts later, I figured out what Setup wanted; namely, the
> > directory where I had placed all the downloaded packages.  They installed
> > without incident.
> >
> > My suggestion is twofold:  First, I'd change the prompt to make it more
> > context-appropriate.
> 
> Unfortunately, it's a bit of a pain to change this dependent on installation 
> mode.
> 
> Anyone got a any good ideas how to phrase this so it will cater to both 
> download and local modes?

How about something like "Select local package cache directory"?

Might also try and provide an explantaion in a tooltip...


Dave



		
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