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, 27 Jan 2001 20:37:02 -0500 Message-Id: <200101280137.UAA23324@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: Steve_Anderson@paradise.net.nz CC: cygwin@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <200101280120.f0S1KZ122235@deborah.paradise.net.nz> (Steve_Anderson@paradise.net.nz) Subject: Re: Setup.exe? References: <200101280120.f0S1KZ122235@deborah.paradise.net.nz> > What I don't understand is what does the setup.exe program do? > Setup.exe is currently downloading all the packages (seems as though > it's gonna take forever!). > > Then what will setup.exe? . Setup will give you a cygwin environment, which is a posix-like development and runtime environment. > Also if setup.exe fails and I reattempt to run it, is it intelligent > enough to download only the packages I don't have? Yes, it will go much faster the second time. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple