X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:42:10 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk Message-ID: <20090617194210.GA2324@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <80152cdc0906161159r2995c80bl3e0c8ffb1d938103@mail.gmail.com> <20090616191142.GA25409@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A3819B1.3000906@bmts.com> <20090617023402.GB23097@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A385C7B.5080908@bmts.com> <20090617045034.GA32062@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A38E3E9.80905@bmts.com> <20090617143850.GB1401@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A390C1E.7030405@bmts.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A390C1E.7030405@bmts.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:30:38AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:39:05AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: >>>Whenever the next round of changes to setup happens, and the talk gets >>>around to "Removing the Download to Local Directory" or "Should we >>>Delete the Downloaded Files", please consider saying "No" to both >>>proposals. :-) >> >>Why do you expand this to mean something that I never implied? I never >>said that we should remove "Download to Local Directory". > >Because there's no point to having a separate download to local >directory if you're going to erase the files later. The dangers of >leaping to conclusions based on what I think you are thinking is >becoming apparent. >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>I think setup really should just delete the files when it is done with >>them if you choose "install from internet" "install from internet" != "install from local directory" cgf -- 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/