X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "James Johnston" To: References: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com> <176672993.20120713050916@mtu-net.ru> <4FFF8461.6010007@molconn.com> In-Reply-To: <4FFF8461.6010007@molconn.com> Subject: RE: best way to re-install and keep cygwin configuration Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:58:47 -0000 Message-ID: <008301cd6110$64865a70$2d930f50$@motionview3d.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 02:14 > Subject: Re: best way to re-install and keep cygwin configuration > > So I will just tar up the cygwin directory and put it back after the new install. If > I download a new copy of setup.exe and point it at the install directory, will it > figure out what packages are already installed? Yes. The list of packages is in /etc/setup/installed.db, as best I can tell. Other setup information is in there as well. > Is there any > reason to not re-use my current version of setup.exe, minus that setup > cache? I think it is pretty recent. It might still be out of date. Who knows. I always use the latest setup version when upgrading my Cygwin packages; I don't even keep a local copy of it. -- 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