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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:57:10 -0400
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: non-setup.exe package install?
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Joshua Franklin wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

Check out the /etc/setup directory and the source directory
winsup/cinstall.

Earnie.

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