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Subject: Re: Updated setup.ini with descriptions, categories, and
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From: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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On 28 Aug 2001 23:33:30 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 11:55:27AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >I agree. Somehow my rename it to libcygwin got lost however - what are
> >your thoughts on that? (the goal being removing the current
> >cygwin-the-distro, cygwin-the-project, cygwin-the-package) confusion
> >somewhat by making it (cygwin-the-distro, cygwin-the-project,
> >libcygwin-the-package).
> 
> I think it is too late, unfortunately.  Maybe when we have a better way
> to handle uninstalling and installing in setup.exe we can rename cygwin
> to libcygwin.

We could put a empty package in to replace the cygwin package - thus
deleting the cygwin1.dll and related files? (Just brainstorming).

Rob


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