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Re: A question about setup.exe


On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:05:57PM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote:
>Does anyone know where the MTIMES of the installed packages are stored.  
>I need to over-ride them all in order to re-install the packages.  I 
>could NOT find the http/ftp directory containing the files installed.

You're assuming a mechanism that doesn't exist.

Setup doesn't use "MTIME".  It makes the decision to install based on
version numbering.  The information is stored in /etc/setup.

cgf

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