Subject: RE: tar 'mini'-bug
From: David Starks-Browning <[email-masked]>
To: "Gary R Van Sickle" <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:49:45 +0100

On Wednesday 8 Aug 01, Gary R Van Sickle writes:
> > Isn't setup.exe able to upgrade cygwin1.dll in place?
> 
> Not to the snapshots according to the FAQ.  Hang on, let me try it though...
> nope.

You can't use setup.exe to install snapshots, but the FAQ does include
instructions for installing snapshots "manually".  The instructions
carefully avoid using cygwin tar to update cygwin1.dll.  Hope this helps.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)

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