Re: Question about repository structure

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:11:03AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>> Some time ago a second directory structure appeared in Cygwin mirrors.
>> They now have 'release' and 'release-2' folders, along with
>> corresponding 'setup' and 'setup-2' .ini, .bz2, and .sig files.
>> Both appear to contain the same subfolders. The contents of the
>> 'release' subfolders look like all release versions of GNU utilities,
>> both current and archival, going back to 2002. Those in 'release-2' look
>> like only the most current versions.
>> Are my interpretations correct? If so, which does the 'setup.exe'
>> installer use? Can one of those two 'release' folders be deleted to
>> allow the rest to fit on a DVD?
>
> You can delete release-2/setup-2 for now.  These are the upcoming
> 1.7 series packages.  Unless you're a package maintainer, you don't
> want these.

Right and additionally, please don't use cygwin-xfree for this type of
question.  Use the main cygwin list.

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