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Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 12:18:20 -0400
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Setup as recommended reading
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At 11:55 AM 5/25/2002, Jim.George wrote:
>On Wed, 22 May 2002, Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG wrote:
>
> > In wake of several questions about whether something is in Cygwin, I would
> > like
> > to throw a simple suggestion out for the community.
> >
> > When you run setup, and you get to the screen that allows you to select what
> >
> > you want to install, take a minute to click open the categories and see
> > whats
> > in them.  It helps keep me current on whats in Cygwin, and, on occasion, I
> > find
> > something new that is marked skip that I want to have.
> >
> > I think its a cool as heck tour of Cygwin thats free and only takes a moment
> > of your time.  That and reading the archives a couple of times a day have
> > made me what I am today....ooops....well, they make me an interesting
> > person,
> > oops...
> >
> > Wayne Keen
> >
>Another cool option might be to have setup automatically display _all_
>packages that are either new or updated?


Yes, that has been suggested before.  Interested in supplying a patch to 
do this?





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