Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/01/11/19:13:57
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 12:32:37PM -0500, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> Sorry, I should not have asked about where to put the downloaded files;
> of course that would not matter given that the argument to tar includes
> the path to the downloads.
>
> BUT: The "How do I install snapshots?" FAQ answer is still unclear. It
> says:
>
> Before installing a snapshot, you must first Close all Cygwin
> applications, including shells and services (e.g. inetd, sshd), before
> updating cygwin1.dll....
>
> 1. Download the snapshot, and run:
>
> cd /
> tar ...
> cd /tmp
> tar ...
>
> 2. After closing all Cygwin apps (see above), use Explorer or the
> Windows command shell to move C:\cygwin\tmp\usr\bin\cygwin1.dll to
> C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll.
>
> So once again I ask for clarification. I really do think it's a very
> simple and perfectly straightforward question: Does one run those 4
> commands in Step 1 from a Windows command prompt or from within Cygwin?
Not from a Windows command prompt.
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