Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:47:16 -0400
Message-Id: <200104091647.MAA00770@envy.delorie.com>
X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT envy DOT delorie DOT com using -f
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com
CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-reply-to: <20010409145236.8817.qmail@web3104.mail.yahoo.com> (message from
	Joshua Franklin on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:52:36 -0700 (PDT))
Subject: Re: non-setup.exe package install?
References:  <20010409145236 DOT 8817 DOT qmail AT web3104 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com>


> Is it possible to add one package without using setup.exe? Say you
> have your Cygwin just the way you'd like it and then become a vi
> fanatic and just have to have the latest vim. I know you can just
> tar -zcvf vim-foo.tar.gz in /, but what else does setup.exe do to
> keep track of an install?

/etc/setup/ contains installed.db which says what's installed, and
gzipped listings of the files in each installed package.  Setup uses
those to decide what needs upgrading, and how to uninstall previous
versions of packages.

Otherwise, a simple "tar xvfz" will suffice to install a package
manually.

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple