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From: | "Herb Martin" <HerbM AT learnquick DOT com> |
To: | <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
Subject: | RE: SETUP: In-use files have been replaced |
Date: | Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:33:27 -0500 |
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X-Sign-LQC: | HerbM AT learnquick DOT com/2005-10-19 14:33:34/<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>=uklqhahw |
Chris Taylor > > All I wish to do is make Setup aware of this if it > > is possible. > > > > For now, I must (carefully) ensure that setup doesn't > > overwrite my "good" version with the default. > > If you reinstalled all of exim, you don't really need the cygwin > version.. So you want to edit the /etc/setup/installed.db and > give it an > artificially high number, say 99.999, as the installed > version of exim. > This will stop cygwin from ever overwriting your installation of exim > (unless the version ever gets higher than that.. unlikely in our > lifetimes to be honest) > > Chris Thank you Chris, that is precisely the information I was seeking. -- Herb Martin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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