Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <20030425210933.75007.qmail@web14807.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:09:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Qwer Zxcv Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install cygwin by version? and fix breakage? To: Max Bowsher Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <02ad01c30b68$c5c0ff50$78d96f83@pomello> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Qwer Zxcv wrote: >> How can I install a new version of cygwin, such that >> * my old version remains undisturbed, and can be used if needed >> * the new version knows my old customizations (e.g. downloaded/ >> installed packages, mounts, profile, bash settings) >> 1 What's the general procedure to do version-preserving cygwin >> installs? Max Bowsher wrote: > There is no recommended procedure to install multiple versions of > Cygwin. The recommended procedure is to keep old package versions on > your hard disc and roll back to them if you need to. Umm, I thought that's what I meant by "my old version remains undisturbed, and can be used if needed." But apparently not, so allow me to revise the question: 1 How can one install a new version of cygwin so as to preserve old package versions in such a manner that one can roll back if needed? >> Also please note: I'd appreciate it if you could reply directly to >> me, as well as to the list. I'm on the digest, to avoid flooding my >> inbox, but I'd like to get this problem fixed ASAP, without waiting >> for the digest. I have some scripts I need to run, in order to get >> "real work" done, but for now I'm "dead in the water" :-( __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/