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Subject: RE: The install dir
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Patrick Nelson <pnelson AT neatech DOT com>
Cc: "CygWin List (E-mail)" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Date: 12 Mar 2003 16:18:29 +1100

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On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 15:46, Patrick Nelson wrote:
> > Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> ----------------->>>>
> I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about The setup=20
> directory is *not* temporary. Neither the packages are deleted after=20
> installation nor the older ones after updating.
> ----------------->>>>
>=20
> So the older ones are maintained and that setup directory is needed as is=
...
> OK!  Sounds like you do have the slightest idea then.  NNTR

However, Thorsten is wrong.

The 'local package directory' is purely a cache, It's contents can be
removed by you at any point (other than while setup is running) with no
harmful effects as far as cygwin setup.exe is concerned.

Setup *today* does not prune old files from the local package dir. That
is subject to change with notice, and has been from day one.

Rob
(wearing his Cygwin setup.exe maintainer hat.)
--=20
GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.

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