X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4BAB6D3D.5010405@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:03:41 +0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: changing setup executable References: <845c0f81003250637m73dfac56u929b68bc4796187d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <845c0f81003250637m73dfac56u929b68bc4796187d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On 25/03/2010 13:37, Rance Hall wrote: > This question is more for my personal curiosity than any problem I'm having. > > I've noticed that setup.exe has been updated several times recently > and I'm curious as to whats in setup that would need to be changed. > > I understood setup-legacy when we switched from 1.5 to 1.7 > > As far as I know, setup.exe is little more than an intelligent > downloader. Since setup "appears" to download everything it needs > from the net, why would setup itself need to be changed? Well, take a look at the ChangeLog and see for yourself. Most recent stuff has been bugfixes and a few minor new features. http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/setup/ChangeLog?cvsroot=cygwin-apps cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple