delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi   search  
Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/06/17/15:42:55

X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:42:10 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk
Message-ID: <20090617194210.GA2324@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <80152cdc0906161159r2995c80bl3e0c8ffb1d938103 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20090616191142 DOT GA25409 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4A3819B1 DOT 3000906 AT bmts DOT com> <20090617023402 DOT GB23097 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4A385C7B DOT 5080908 AT bmts DOT com> <20090617045034 DOT GA32062 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4A38E3E9 DOT 80905 AT bmts DOT com> <20090617143850 DOT GB1401 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4A390C1E DOT 7030405 AT bmts DOT com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <4A390C1E.7030405@bmts.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05)
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:30:38AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:39:05AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
>>>Whenever the next round of changes to setup happens, and the talk gets
>>>around to "Removing the Download to Local Directory" or "Should we
>>>Delete the Downloaded Files", please consider saying "No" to both
>>>proposals.  :-)
>>
>>Why do you expand this to mean something that I never implied?  I never
>>said that we should remove "Download to Local Directory".
>
>Because there's no point to having a separate download to local
>directory if you're going to erase the files later.  The dangers of
>leaping to conclusions based on what I think you are thinking is
>becoming apparent.

>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>I think setup really should just delete the files when it is done with
>>them if you choose "install from internet"

"install from internet" != "install from local directory"

cgf

--
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/

- Raw text -


  webmaster     delorie software   privacy  
  Copyright © 2019   by DJ Delorie     Updated Jul 2019