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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Robert J. Cristel" <rcristel AT sprint DOT ca>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References:	<3DC71242 DOT 37B70014 AT sprint DOT ca>
Subject:	Re: Setup starting not from zero
Date:	Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:22:30 -0000
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Robert J. Cristel <rcristel AT sprint DOT ca> wrote:

> I read your 17 Oct "Setup and recovering from
> mistakes" with interest.
>
> Ok, pretend that I'm a three-year-old.  Here's my
> directories with subdirs shown with tabs.

...

Well, your directory layout seemed mangled in parts. I assume your mailer
ate it.
However, I get the general idea - you've got a total mess of directories.

> Of course, this isn't completely expanded in that
> release, contrib and latest contain package
> directories--but you guys already know that,
> obviously.
>
> Note that my original plan was to use /cyginstall
> then that must have seeming inadequate so I went and
> created /cyginstal.  (Seemed like a good idea at the
> time...)
>
> My question is: How to update from here in the most
> efficient manner?

Merge all your "release" directories into one under cyginstall, and get rid
of cyginstal. "latest" and "contrib" haven't been used in ages. Delete them
unless you want to keep old versions around.

So the layout is:
cyginstall
    release
        lot-of-package-dirs

Now run setup.exe, specifying cyginstall as the local package directory.
(NOT cyginstall/release)

New stuff will download into {http:,ftp:}* directories, but setup will see
the stuff in release as well.


Max.


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