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Every so often I run Cygwin's setup.exe and click "Install" for the "All" category. However, when I change the view to show "Pending", about seventy-five packages' sources are always checked to download. I can repeat this process ten times in a row and the same sources are downloaded again and again. What's going on here?
wes
Posted 2012-03-27T14:58:01.833
Reputation: 645
That shouldn't happen. Does it then go through to install the packages correctly? – me_and – 2012-03-27T20:57:41.953
@me_and: Well, at least there are no error codes or odd return codes listed. After the install process it goes straight to the "create shortcuts" dialog. – wes – 2012-03-30T21:42:00.327
Wait, you click to install everything? That's probably not what you want to do: that tries to install every single package in the repository. The equivalent to
apt-get upgradeis just to keep clicking "Next"; the installer defaults to taking updates for any packages you've already installed. – me_and – 2012-04-02T11:27:03.300@me_and: I actually do keep all packages installed. But regardless of whether I select "Install All" or simply "Next," the same packages' sources are again offered for download the next time I run the
setup.exe. – wes – 2012-05-09T16:26:33.397Odd! I'd raise it on the Cygwin mailing list; it sounds like a bug to me. – me_and – 2012-05-10T20:43:07.253