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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Michael D. Berger & Rosalie A. Clavez" <mdberger AT radix DOT net>,
   <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: setup.exe: keep
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:47:49 +0100
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>> Michael D. Berger & Rosalie A. Clavez <mdberger AT radix DOT net> wrote:
>>> In looking at the list of items I can install, I see that one
>>> of the options is "keep".  What does this mean?
>>> I would like to execute this sequence:
>>> 1 - download a complete new version;
>>> 2 - backup the complete new version;
>>> 3 - delete my old version;
>>> 4 - install the new version.
>>> Does the "keep" oprion intefere with this procedure?

> Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Keep = leave as is, i.e. do nothing.
>>
>> But why would you want to make things so hard for yourself? Cygwin is
>> designed to be updated on a package by package basis, not wiped and
>> reinstalled regularly.

Michael D. Berger & Rosalie A. Clavez <mdberger AT radix DOT net> wrote:
> Without going into why I would want to follow the procedure I have
> outlined, I infer from what you say that it is not possible to do,
> without individually changing each keep.  To get a clean, new
> installation, it seems that I must first remove the old version,
> and then download the new one.
>
> Is this true?  This would be a considerable problem.

Please keep replies on list.

I'm not really clear on what the problem is - so here are some thoughts that
might help, but perhaps you could re-phrase exactly what your problem is?
Currently, I'm guessing that you want to be in a position to reinstall
Cygwin from your local disc, without a net connection.

You seem to think that a Cygwin "installation source" is a monolithic
entity. Its not. It is a small setup.exe program, a setup.ini information
file and a collection of packages. Therefore 'download a complete new
version' really doesn't make much sense.

Hopefully, you can explain exactly what you want to achieve, and get an
answer from me or anyone else on cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.

Max.


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