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Re: New Cygwin 1.7.0-18 in release-2


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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
| I'd be happy if even the most important packages have been rebuilt for
| 1.7.  So far the reactions from the package maintainers were somewhat
| reticent.

I know I've been holding back because of the apparent difficulties in
transitioning between versions (even one way, not to mention
back-and-forth), and until recently the uncertainty as to the timeframe
for 1.7.  I am at the point that I am ready to consider switching, however.

| I'm still rather trying to smooth out the upgrade path so that there
| are as little as possible manual changes left to the user.  It will
| be bumpy nevertheless...

IOW you want to leave upgrading in the same root a possibility.  Is it
really worth it?

| The problem so far is the "Cygnus Solutions" registry key and the
| default name of the cygwin dir, C:\cygwin.  When you try to install
| 1.7, both shouldn't exist.  So what I did is this:

I understand the registry key is due to setup.  But what's the problem
with C:\cygwin?

| We *really* need a new setup for 1.7 which doesn't access the "Cygnus
| Solutions" registry key anymore.

Agreed, **ASAP**.


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