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"Masterson, Dave" wrote: > > I have a few questions about the setup of Cygwin: > > * If you use the Setup.exe program to install Cygwin, does that update > the Windows-NT registry in any meaningful way? Yes. > * Could I use the Setup program to install Cygwin on a Windows-NT > share and would that be immediately useable by others (assuming they update > their PATH variables)? No. The mount tables from the registry wouldn't be on the local client. > * If I use Setup to update this share (assuming its quiet), would > users need to do something (like fix their registry)? Yes. The other option is to execute Setup in an empty directory and choose the install from local disk option. It wouldn't install anything but the setup process would create the registry entries. > * Does Setup remove old files during update? Yes. > * Can Setup update itself? No. > * What is the latest version of Setup (I have 2.6)? Just always execute the one from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and don't worry about the most current version. Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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