Re: [Mingw-users] RELEASE: binutils-2.23.2

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Keith Marshall wrote:
> Earnie,
>
> On 01/09/13 23:06, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> I am pleased to announce the release of binutils-2.23.2.  This release
>> was configured to use zlib and also to allow for plugins.  You will be
>> able to update or install binutils-2.23.2 via mingw-get-setup.
>           ^^^^^^                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Please don't say this!
>
> mingw-get-setup is *not* the mechanism for upgrading or installing
> arbitrary packages; it exists for one purpose, and one purpose only: to
> install mingw-get itself.
>

So, I should have said "MinGW Installation Manager".  The Icon is
placed by mingw-get-setup and I had removed the Icon from view.

> Users may install or *upgrade* to binutils-2.23.2, using *mingw-get*.
> (The distinction between update and upgrade is important in the context
> of mingw-get's terminology -- particularly in the CLI context, but it
> also percolates into the GUI menus; update refers to the catalogue,
> while upgrade applies to packages).

mingw-get upgrade mingw-get doesn't upgrade to the version with
guimain.exe.  Should it?

$ mingw-get show mingw-get-bin

Package: mingw32-mingw-get                            Subsystem: mingw32
Component: bin

Installed Version:  mingw-get-0.5-mingw32-beta-20120426-1-bin.tar.xz
Repository Version: mingw-get-0.5-mingw32-beta-20120426-1-bin.tar.xz

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