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Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:28:14 -0400
From:	Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Unintentional upgrading: Documentation patch
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The attached documentation patch explains how to avoid unintentionally 
upgrading, as in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-06/msg00519.html .

Ken

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--- setup-net.sgml.orig	2010-06-23 10:01:17.000000000 -0400
+++ setup-net.sgml	2010-06-23 10:18:11.468750000 -0400
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
 category it is in. 
 Click on the <literal>View</literal> button and it will rotate between 
 <literal>Category</literal> (the default), <literal>Full</literal> (all 
-packages), and <literal>Partial</literal> (only packages to be upgraded).
+packages), and <literal>Partial</literal> (only packages to be
+installed or upgraded).
 If you are familiar with Unix, you will probably want to at least glance 
 through the <literal>Full</literal> listing for your favorite tools.
 </para>
@@ -188,6 +189,12 @@
 <command>setup.exe</command> begins to install the upgraded package.
 </para>
 <para>
+To avoid unintentionally upgrading, use the <literal>Partial</literal>
+view to see which packages have been marked for upgrading.  If you
+don't want to upgrade a package, click on the new version number to
+toggle it until it says <literal>Keep</literal>.
+</para>
+<para>
 The final feature of the <command>setup.exe</command> chooser is for
 <literal>Previous</literal> and <literal>Experimental</literal> packages.
 By default the chooser shows only the current version of each package,


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