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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:34:30 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 09:42:19AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 08:59, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>I suppose so, but, again, it seems like many people *recently* are
>>unaware of the setup program entirely.
>
>Hmm, I think we should add a new screen to setup.exe.
>
>After the install completes..
>
>"Your cygwin install is now ready to use.  Please run setup.exe again
>if you want to Install new packages, Remove installed packages, or
>Update your install with the latest versions of your installed
>packages."

I like it.  Apparently it is extremely confusing to many people that running
"setup.exe" again is how you update your system, Microsoft conventions not
withstanding.

cgf

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