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RE: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Edge [mailto:sam_edgeZZZ@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 8:17 PM

> Every version of setup.exe I've used exhibits this annoying 
> behaviour but them I'm new here.
> 
> I agree with Daniele. I install different subsets of the 
> packages on several machines. I also like to keep a copy of 
> the most up-to-date versions of packages that I don't 
> currently use on any of them, in case I need them where I've 
> no (or poor) access to the 'Net. 

So use a mirroring tool! Setup.exe is -not- designed for this. If you
want a setup.ini parsing mirroring tool, take me up on my offer to help
someone leverage the setup.ini codebase to build a mirroring tool. 

Rob

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