On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:31:13PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:22:51PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >>On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:00:48PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >>>>Since the setup.hint files that Abe sent looked ok after a cursory >>>>glance, I'm wondering... It looks like xerces-c is the only package >>>>with an external-source directive pointing to a name with a "-"... >>>>Could there be a bug in package name parsing code in upset or >>>>Cygwin::Setup? >>> >>>No. The error message is correct. >> >>I admit that was a WAG on my part. However, looking at the upset >>source, the error message comes directly from the contents of >>"external-source", so it's not too surprising that it's correct (and, >>IMO, doesn't indicate that there's no bug). You're in a better >>position to test the theory, but I'll see if I can trace this when I >>have some time. > >Igor, I wasn't looking for programming help or someone to track down an >unknown problem. This is a packaging problem pure and simple. The >source files are missing. > >There is nothing you or I can do to fix it. It requires the package >maintainer to make a decision.
Sorry for not making this clear in my original message, btw. "Someone" == "Abe". I guess I was trying not to single anyone out but I ended up having Igor spin his wheels debugging a problem that was just a simple problem with missing files. cgf
