i want to re-download all packages... how?

Igor Pechtchanski pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Fri Apr 23 15:19:00 GMT 2004


<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#STFW>.
	Igor
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, electa wrote:

> it is interensting... (for future CDs ;-) where i can found info on this
> utility?
>
> "Erik Cumps" <erik.cumps@icos.be> ha scritto:
> > > > > If you *really* want to download absolutely *everything*, just
> > > > > delete the entire contents of your local download directory and
> > > > > start again.
> > >
> > > _That_ is plain MEAN ;-)
> > >
> > > > Actually, I think that was his original problem. ;-)  If you want
> > > > to make setup forget about what you have installed, you need to
> > > > remove the files in '/etc/setup'.  This assumes the OP wants to
> > > > install everything too though, which isn't clear from the
> > > > original post.
> > >
> > > He wanted it on a cd/rw... IMO that implies _not_ installing it.
> >
> > Why not use mkcygwget. It's what I do to create my Cygwin installation
> > CDs...
> >
> > Erik Cumps

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