[PATCH] Cygwin: doc: drop mention of 32-bit installer

Jon Turney jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Wed Jan 12 19:17:43 GMT 2022


On 12/01/2022 18:51, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jan 12 15:52, Jon Turney wrote:
>> Drop mention of 32-bit installer, since it's offically discouraged, and
>> planned to be dropped soon.
>>
>> Adjust various references to be something more generic, like 'the Cygwin
>> Setup program' to accomodate this.
>> ---
>>   winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 12 +++----
>>   winsup/doc/setup-net.xml | 74 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
>>   2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>> [...]
>>   <para>
>> -On Windows Vista and later, <command>setup.exe</command> will check by
>> +On Windows Vista and later, <command>setup</command> will check by
>                ^^^^^
> This will have to be changed for the master branch to mention W7
> instead.  Vista is a dead stinkin' fish at that time.  That reminds me,
> we have to do this throughout.  Do you want to or shall I?

Please go ahead.

In this particular case, the leading clause can simply be dropped, since 
"setup will check by default if it runs with administrative privileges 
..." describes the behaviour on all supported Windows versions.


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