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Re: Puzzled by Cygwin Download and Installation
- To: <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>, <jamesekeenan at looksmart dot com>
- Subject: Re: Puzzled by Cygwin Download and Installation
- From: "Tim Prince" <tprince at computer dot org>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:30:40 -0800
- References: <20001118213343.1621.cpmta@c006.sfo.cp.net>
----- Original Message -----
From: <jamesekeenan@looksmart.com>
To: <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: Puzzled by Cygwin Download and Installation
> I downloaded cygwin-b20.2 in February 2000. Since I wasn't using the
cygwin
> shell much in the intervening months, I didn't download any subsequent
> updates, though I did save all the announcements.
>
> This was the first time I had run the new GUI version of setup. However,
it
> did not appear to be downloading "the whole cygwin net release again."
> Rather, a list of utilities came up for downloading
Just OK the list and let it do it all for you.
> Questions:
>
> 1. Should I just remove all my Cygwin and start from scratch?
>
Yes, since the directory structures are much changed, and your old stuff
will be wasting space, or even possibly causing .dll conflicts.
>
> Thanks.
>
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