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On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 11:44:27AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >> When you install from the internet or download from the internet - there is no >> reason to be adding files from the hard disk to the structure. Installing from > >Actually, there may be. It allows a nice 'merged' view of the packages >available. It would be sad to lose that. Yes. I agree. I use this for testing new releases all the time. I just copy a new version of the tar ball to a directory on my system and install it via setup.exe. >> the internet should be based on setup.ini and download from the internet (in my >> opinion) should be based on what is available according to setup.ini and does >> not exist on my hard drive already and then also give you the option of >> redownloading from the internet the files that exist on your hard drive that >> setup knows about. > >Sounds neat... Added to the wishlist (and patches are gratefully >accepted) :]. Sounds like the zip '-f' option.... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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