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: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:47:16 -0400 Message-Id: <200104091647.MAA00770@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com CC: cygwin@cygwin.com In-reply-to: <20010409145236.8817.qmail@web3104.mail.yahoo.com> (message from Joshua Franklin on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:52:36 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: non-setup.exe package install? References: <20010409145236.8817.qmail@web3104.mail.yahoo.com> > Is it possible to add one package without using setup.exe? Say you > have your Cygwin just the way you'd like it and then become a vi > fanatic and just have to have the latest vim. I know you can just > tar -zcvf vim-foo.tar.gz in /, but what else does setup.exe do to > keep track of an install? /etc/setup/ contains installed.db which says what's installed, and gzipped listings of the files in each installed package. Setup uses those to decide what needs upgrading, and how to uninstall previous versions of packages. Otherwise, a simple "tar xvfz" will suffice to install a package manually. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple