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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:46:19 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: "Masterson, Dave" <dmasters AT rational DOT com>
CC: "'Earnie Boyd'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Questions about Cygwin's setup...
References: <5C838890A2EDD411AFB2009027CC67091A2B77 AT cupex3 DOT rational DOT com>

"Masterson, Dave" wrote:
> 
> Hmmm.  Wget is not a complete answer.  What if my "user" doesn't want to
> mirror it on his system because he feels the network access to the server is
> fast enough?  Also, there is still the issue of the registry entries
> (remember, I'm not "installing" it on the user's system).
> 

I was suggesting the the "Cygwin Administrator" use wget to mirror
Cygwin for the "Central Repository" to get the most up to date
versions.  The "Cygwin Administrator" would then update the "Central
Repository".  I wasn't suggesting that every user mirror Cygwin, that
wouldn't be necessary.

Earnie.

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