Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010726124557.02365220@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:48:54 -0400 To: "Steve Lhomme" , From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Re:Cygwin size In-Reply-To: <00eb01c115f1$dc15c380$0201a8c0@pcMain> References: <200107261544 DOT RAA00570 AT cabs40 DOT col DOT bsf DOT alcatel DOT fr> <8084-Thu26Jul2001170202+0100-starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This has been discussed. Those interested in the development of this feature should join the activity to improve setup.exe. Details of the discussion of this feature can be found in the email archives. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX At 12:41 PM 7/26/2001, Steve Lhomme wrote: >Why don't you (or anyone) simply add an install option to delete the >downloaded files ? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Starks-Browning" >To: "Jorge Goncalvez" >Cc: >Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:02 PM >Subject: Re:Cygwin size > > >| On Thursday 26 Jul 01, Jorge Goncalvez writes: >| > Hi, I Use Cygwin environment but there is a way to reduce cygwin size >i.e: my >| > package is about 400 MO, how can I do to reduce it. >| >| Setup will keep the tar.gz files that it downloaded from the internet. >| It keeps these in the "Local Package Directory", which is where you >| ran setup.exe (unless you changed it from the default). Basically you >| can delete the 'contrib' and 'latest' subdirectories and all their >| contents. >| >| I'll add something about this to the FAQ. >| >| Regards, >| David >| (Cygwin FAQ maintainer) >| >| >| -- >| Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >| Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >| Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >| FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >| >| > > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/