Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:43:05 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: How to install packages...
Message-ID: <20020921014305.GD23997@redhat.com>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <FBAA835302BB614E9D5B54EBEA335DCB399ABF AT uemail02 DOT evansville DOT edu> <20020920195321 DOT GD28279 AT redhat DOT com> <1032562034 DOT 9116 DOT 84 DOT camel AT lifelesswks>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <1032562034.9116.84.camel@lifelesswks>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i

On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 08:47:14AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 05:53, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 02:45:45PM -0500, Richardson, Tony wrote:
>> >I guess that you could untar everything appropriately, but you'd need
>> >to run the post-install scripts.
>> 
>> Um.  I think this is a really simple request.  We've seen it more than
>> once.  People don't understand that the same program they used to install
>> cygwin can be used to update their installation with new packages.
>> 
>> So the correct answer is to "rerun setup.exe and choose what you want".
>> There is no need to suggest untarring everything or doing anything by
>> hand or in a non-standard way.
>
>Can we alter the website?
>'Install cygwin now'
>'Add or remove pacakges now'

How about

  "put food in your mouth now!"

  "move your jaws now!"

  "swallow masticated food now!"

  "digest food now!"

  "wipe your ass now!"

The possibilities are endless.

cgf

--
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/