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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:16:20 -0500
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
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To: Ross Smith <rosss AT pharos DOT co DOT nz>
CC: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web
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Ross Smith wrote:
>>From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com]
>>
>>On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:59, Ross Smith wrote:
>>
>>>>From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com]
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote:
>>
>>>>>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.
>>
>>...
>>
>>>>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?
>>
>>No.
>>Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is
>>installed.
>>I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache.
> 
> 
> I still don't understand the difference. He says it ignores the cache
> and downloads it all again. You say it ignores the cache and downloads
> it all again. Exactly the same thing.
> 

Perhaps you need to reread the thread then because your paraphrase does
not match what's been said.  Certainly I can understand your confusion
based on the result of your paraphrase.


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