Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 14:57:09 -0500 Message-Id: <200012091957.OAA30459@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: rmcleod@unitouch.demon.co.uk CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com In-reply-to: (message from Rod McLeod on Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:13:22 +0000) Subject: Re: Setup update. References: > There was some discussion recently on having setup.exe update itself. I > have deleted the thread and couldn't find it in the archive and can't > remember how this finished up. I recall that, though technically feasible, it wasn't really needed for a proper installation of cygwin, and in the interests of keeping setup simple, I opined against it. It already notes that a newer setup is available; I think that's sufficient. Plus, the range of reasons why there's a new setup may include reasons for the old setup to no longer be able to update itself ;-) -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com