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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:51:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri@yahoo.it>
Subject: R: changing setup executable
To: cygwin@cygwin.com, Rance Hall <ranceh@gmail.com>
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--- Gio 25/3/10, Rance Hall  ha scritto:

> This question is more for my personal
> curiosity than any problem I'm having.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> I understood setup-legacy when we switched from 1.5 to 1.7
>=20
> As far as I know, setup.exe is little more than an
> intelligent
> downloader.=A0 Since setup "appears" to download
> everything it needs
> from the net, why would setup itself need to be changed?
>=20
> Just curious.
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
> Rance

Hi Rance,
Setup is a program and as such has its own fixed bugs and=20
feature improvements that require updated release.

See here from the source the Changelog

http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/setup/ChangeLog?rev=3D2.693&co=
ntent-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=3Dcygwin-apps


Regards
Marco=20


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