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Date:	Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:54:07 -0700
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Subject:	Re: queries on Environment and Services before 1.5 -> 1.7 upgrade
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I appreciate the feedback from Jeremy Bopp and Corinna Vinschen.  Just
after Jeremy's email I did the upgrade and it went very smoothly.

Thanks very much.

Lester

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: queries on Environment and Services before 1.5 -> 1.7 upgrade
From: Lester Ingber <ingber AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Wed Apr 28 2010 11:07:58 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

> I have some questions prior to upgrading from 1.5.25-15 to 1.7
> (currently 1.7.5-1) with respect to Environment and Services.
> 
> I already am aware that after the upgrade I should run
> /bin/copy-user-registry-fstab
> presumably in my first console shell.
> 
> Under My Computer -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System Variables
> should the variable server in
> Cygwin server
> be changed to no argument (unless there is a good reason to put in one?)
> Cygwin
> before the upgrade?  That is, is it OK to have nothing as the variable?
> 
> Under Administrative Services (Local) I now have cygrunsrv.exe used in:
> 
> Cron daemon
> C:\cygwin\bin\cygrunsrv.exe
> Automatic
> 
> CYGWIN cygserver
> C:\cygwin\bin\cygrunsrv.exe
> Automatic
> 
> CYGWIN sshd
> C:\cygwin\bin\cygrunsrv.exe
> Manual
> 
> Should these be changed or turned off during the upgrade?   That is,
> should these be disabled and then after the upgrade run
> /usr/bin/cygserver-config
> as if I were starting cygserver for the first time?
> 
> Are there any other common settings I should change before upgrading?  I
> did look at the docs, but did not notice anything else.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Lester

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