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Date:	Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:58:03 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	jlarmour AT redhat DOT co DOT uk
CC:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to:	<200006011511.QAA21280@murgh.cygnus.co.uk>
	(jlarmour AT redhat DOT co DOT uk)
Subject:	Re: Problems with setup.exe
References:	<3935534C DOT 8265 DOT 3ADB45 AT localhost> <200006011511 DOT QAA21280 AT murgh DOT cygnus DOT co DOT uk>

> If you are doing a full setup, then it should be free to change the
> mount mode. But if you are doing an upgrade, i.e. "setup -u", then
> it shouldn't change anything beyond the upgraded packages. IMHO.

I'm not sure how it works in that case.  It may not even ask for the
root directory.  I'll have to check.

> Is there going to be a "setup --help" BTW? I'm not sure enough people
> know about the existence of "setup -u".

Setup now prints a message at startup telling the user about "setup
-h", which now prints help about all the command line parameters.  I
added a "setup -d" which does a download-only (like internet install,
but without the install part).

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