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Subject: Re: [FAQ?] Re: [Mingw-users] Cygwin Full download in one
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From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 11:09, Charles Wilson wrote:


> Sortof.  I assumed <i>a priori</i> that a 557MB tarball is a bad idea.=20

Yep. And the original poster, was asserting that such a tarball is a
good idea. Thus my figures to show that it ain't - for the common case.


> I was not, in any way, suggesting that setup learn how to parse a cygwin=20
> "installation" created by some moron unzipping a bunch of tarballs by=20
> hand.  No way.  Never.

Whew :}. I didn't think *you* would suggest such a thing. I was more
worried about having the last word, so that the archives will show it to
be a bad thing :}.

Rob

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