Subject: RE: "local install"?
From: "Robert Collins" <[email-masked]>
To: "Charles Wilson" <[email-masked]>, "Randall R Schulz" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Markus Hoenicka" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:02:05 +1100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wilson [mailto:[email-masked]] 
> > Can you tell me some functionality only available when one uses 
> > "Install
> > from Internet?"
> 
> 
> Sure:  merging multiple "mirrors" into a seamless single-view 
> installation.  (Or, merging an official mirror site + "Bob's 
> archive of 
> cool cygwin packages" + "My company's local cygwin ports" 
> into a single, 
> always-up-to-date single seamless installation).  

"Download from internet" mode does perform this merging, and the install
from local directory grabs all the found .ini files, and then performs
the same merging. So no loss of functionality.

Rob

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