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From: Ross Smith <rosss AT pharos DOT co DOT nz>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:59:29 +1300
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> From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com]
> 
> On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote:
> 
> > Igor Pechtchanski  wrote:
> > 
> > >>FYI, setup has a "Download from Internet" mode which 
> creates the cache
> > >>without actually installing.
> > 
> > But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and 
> looks only at what
> > has been actually installed. So if you don't get all the 
> files you want in a
> > single session, and don't install, then you have problems.
> 
> Gah@!@!!!@
> 
> It would be nice, for a *correct* statement not to be *incorrectly*
> corrected.
> 
> Run Setup.
> Choose Download from Internet at the appropriate time.
> In the 'Category' View, clikck on the word default to the 
> right of All.
> Click again, until it shows 'reinstall'.
> Now, switch to Full view, and observe that every installed package is
> marked as 'retrieve'.
> 
> Tada - one populated cache.
> 
> Note: this will redownload everything, even if it is already in the
> cache.

I'm confused. Isn't that exactly what Charles said? It ignores the
cache and re-downloads everything?

-- 
Ross Smith ...................... Pharos Systems, Auckland, New Zealand

        "It's never too soon to start planning, and, in fact,
                it's usually too late." -- Chad Orzel

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