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From:	Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin AT fastmail DOT fm>
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Subject:	Re: Stop with the automatic updates
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Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:55:28 +0400
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On 17/08/2012 14:46, Herbert Stocker wrote:

> On 17.08.2012 09:17, Gary wrote:
>> Every time I use it I have to remember to deselect all the packages it
>> marks for "upgrade". Why? Why is it so bad to want to use Subversion
>> release 1.6, for example? Especially since 1.7 does not work with
>> working copies created under 1.6. Why should we expose ourselves to new
>> bugs in newer releases when we're quite happy to live with previous
>> versions?
>>
>> I feel like I'm in Windows Update hell with the Cygwin Setup the way it
>> is.
> i have a similar desire:
> At least a possibility to deselect them with only a few clicks would
> be desired. Sometimes
> i want to install only one package without waiting for the whole list
> of pending stuff to
> download and run.
>
> Or am i misunderstanding the radio buttons for keep, cur and exp?

From Cygwin UG: "All packages can be set to stay at the installed
version by pressing the Keep button in the top right part of the chooser
window.".

Why don't you use that radio?

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Filipp Gunbin

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