Installation from locally stored packages

Larry Hall cygwin-lh@cygwin.com
Thu Nov 27 00:14:00 GMT 2003


OK.  Is that like foot-in-mouth? ;-)

Larry


At 04:44 PM 11/26/2003, Graucsh you wrote:
>Sorry.  forgot the <tongue in cheek> tag.
>
>Larry Hall wrote:
>
>>What's contrived about the "Web" category?
>>Larry
>>At 04:21 PM 11/26/2003, Graucsh you wrote:
>>
>>>Setup, under the Web category looks to be a good start.  Maybe it shouldn't be hidden in such a contrived place.
>>>
>>>kevin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Christopher Faylor
>>>>>[mailto:]
>>>>>Sent: 26 November 2003 20:37
>>>>>To: cygwin
>>>>>Subject: Re: Installation from locally stored packages
>>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:33:05PM -0000, kevin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>From: Christopher Faylor
>>>>>>>[mailto]
>>>>>>>Sent: 26 November 2003 20:05
>>>>>>>To: cygwin[DELETED]
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: Installation from locally stored packages
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 06:43:47PM -0000, kevin wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>From: Christopher Faylor
>>>>>>>>>Sent: 26 November 2003 18:32
>>>>>>>>>To: cygwin[DELETED]
>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: Installation from locally stored packages
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Please do not include email addresses in plain text in the body of the text.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I guess you're concerned about spam harvesters ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes.  Your lurking skills really do need improving don't they?  This comes up here regularly.
>>>>>
>>>>>Again, PLEASE do not include email addresses in plain text in the body of the text.  You just did it again with the email address of the cygwin mailing list above. 
>>>>
>>>>Okay, sorry, I see what you mean. Problem is, I'm forced into using this damn god-awful Micr$oft e-mail client here. It wasn't a case of what I chose to do, but a case of what Outlook was programmed to do on my behalf without asking. I don't seem to be able to find a way of configuring this behaviour out of it either. Frustrating ? you bet ! Of course, I'm sure you attack everyone else who makes a similar innocent mistake, and would never reveal anyone's e-mail address in plain text yourself.  
>>>>
>>>>Now we've put that one to bed, I can start working out where to find wget. Kevin.   
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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