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Date:	Fri, 01 Mar 2002 10:47:45 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
CC:	Markus Hoenicka <Markus DOT Hoenicka AT uth DOT tmc DOT edu>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: "local install"?
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Randall R Schulz wrote:


> I don't understand this. You get maximum flexibility by separate 
> "Download from Internet" and "Install from Local Directory" operations. 
> That way you can download sources and have them at hand without 
> unconditionally installing them.
> 
> By copying my local installation cache to a CD, I can save others very 
> large downloads.
> 
> I cannot see this as a loss of functionality.
> 
> Can you tell me some functionality only available when one uses "Install 
> from Internet?"


Sure:  merging multiple "mirrors" into a seamless single-view 
installation.  (Or, merging an official mirror site + "Bob's archive of 
cool cygwin packages" + "My company's local cygwin ports" into a single, 
always-up-to-date single seamless installation).  Sure, you could 
manually download the packages you are interested in from all 27 sites, 
merge them into a single local repo, and then do 'install-from-local' -- 
but setup's "extra functionality" automatically handles that stuff for 
you -- just point-n-click.

--Chuck



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