setup.exe: keep

[Max Bowsher]

Michael D. Berger & Rosalie A. Clavez <mdberger@radix.net> wrote:

> In looking at the list of items I can install, I see that one
> of the options is "keep".  What does this mean?
> I would like to execute this sequence:
> 1 - download a complete new version;
> 2 - backup the complete new version;
> 3 - delete my old version;
> 4 - install the new version.
> Does the "keep" oprion intefere with this procedure?

Keep = leave as is, i.e. do nothing.

But why would you want to make things so hard for yourself? Cygwin is
designed to be updated on a package by package basis, not wiped and
reinstalled regularly.

Max.


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