X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4921A5D1.8010000@yahoo.it> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:11:45 +0100 From: Valerio Bigiani User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Small documention addenda Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com I need to reference in my thesis the fact that setup.ini isn't (by default) updated automatically via crontab, but you need to manually run setup.exe to update the package list. I tried googling a bit for variations of "setup.ini cygwin update" (and running similar searches on the mailing list archive) but couldn't find the information anywhere. Can the following patch be merged in the cygwin-doc package source? --- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml.old 2008-11-17 18:01:37.343750000 +0100 +++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml 2008-11-17 18:02:30.031250000 +0100 @@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the -graphical setup.exe program. By default, +graphical setup.exe program. Note that, differently from +what happens under normal Unix Operating Systems, presence of updated +packages isn't checked automatically, but you have to run manually +setup.exe to check for updates. By default, setup.exe only installs a minimal set of packages, so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin --- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.texi.old 2008-11-17 18:01:50.406250000 +0100 +++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.texi 2008-11-17 18:03:26.031250000 +0100 @@ -142,9 +142,11 @@ @ref{Using Cygwin effectively with Windows}. Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the -graphical @code{setup.exe} program. By default, -@code{setup.exe} only installs a minimal set of packages, -so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package +graphical @code{setup.exe} program. Note that, differently from what happens +under normal Unix Operating Systems, presence of updated packages isn't +checked automatically, but you have to run manually @code{setup.exe} to check +for updates. By default, @code{setup.exe} only installs a minimal set of +packages, so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin website's @uref{http://cygwin.com/packages/,Setup Package Search} For more information about what each option in @code{setup.exe} means, see @ref{Internet Setup}. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/