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Date:	Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Jason Pyeron <jpyeron AT pdinc DOT us>
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On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Herb Martin wrote:

>
> No, if you look closely you will see this is almost never the case for
> DISTRIBUTION package files or single install files -- it used to be true
> but was given up as a poor practice.

how about a simple soultion here.

I like typing start->run http://cygwin.com/setup.exe, as I am sure most of 
us do. But it would be a "best" practice to name the installer, something 
descriptive, like cygwin-2.457.2.2.exe.

Now how about using a symlink on the web server to point one to the 
other?

This way, you can get either, and if you click on the link install cygwin 
now, you get the cygwin-####.exe otherwise wget away your setup.exe.

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