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Re: How does setup.exe handle duplicate files?

To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Subject: Re: How does setup.exe handle duplicate files?
From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:48:51 -0400
References: <3941086F.9AE1D33A@dothill.com> <200006091540.LAA00812@envy.delorie.com>
Reply-To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com

On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:40:59AM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> Does setup.exe handle duplicate files correctly?  To be explicit, if
>> more than one tar.gz archive contain a file with the same name, does
>> setup.exe install the correct one?
>
>No, it just randomly picks one.  As of setup 1.48, though, it should
>install all files writable so that this problem is avoided.

Actually previous versions of setup install files as writable, also.

cgf

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