1.2 install problems

[dcharno]

Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Freitag 06 März 2009 01:44:04 schrieb dcharno:
>> # hg --version
>> Mercurial Distributed SCM (version unknown)
> 
> Mercurial tries to retrieve its version from the Mercurial repository, and 
> when there is no repository, it reports the version as unknown. 
> 
> Should that be treated as a distribution bug? 

It is a bug.  I downloaded an official release from the mercurial 
website and followed the installation instructions.  We now have no way 
of knowing what version we have installed unless we all remember that 
unknown really means 1.2