Re: cygwin setup keeps downgrading perl 5.8 -> 5.6

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hallo Ashley,
>
> Am Samstag, 15. März 2003 um 10:05 schriebst du:
>
>> NOTE: I am not on the list.  Please reply directly.
>
>> Why does cygwin setup want to downgrade perl from 5.8 to 5.6?  Is
>> this intentional or accidental?   The following excerpt from
>
>> http://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/setup.ini
>
>> shows 5.8 is listed under a [test] section.
>
> [...]
>
>> I couldn't find the web page that explained what [test] means.  With
>> this setup you have to catch cygwin each time you run setup to
>> upgrade other packages, otherwse it will do the downgrade by
>> default.  (i.e you have to select "Keep" for perl).
>
> I'm busy right now getting a "final" version of perl-5.8 out now.
> It is marked with "Test", because I wanted some feedback at first
> before releasing it as a stable version.
>
> My workaround for setup.exe's behaviour is to install perl-5.8
> manually over the existing 5.6.1 installation.  Just extract the
> binary package from the root path.

Messy!!!! Please don't advise people to circumvent setup!


Max.


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