On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, 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. > > cgf
But that's exactly what I don't understand: AFAICS, in <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-02/msg00192.html>, Abe *did* include a correctly named source package. Didn't it get uploaded? Or am I totally off the mark? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
