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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:01:54 -0400
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From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Delete /var/log/setup.log.postinstall* ??
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At 05:53 PM 6/24/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a setup.log.postinstall* file that is >1GB big.
>Since I'm running out of space, what happens if I delete this file?
>Is it save? Why is it so big?
>
>Thanks for any hints


It's a log file for the output of the postinstall scripts that each
package has.  It's supposed to be deleted by default.  Maybe if 
you had trouble while running 'setup' last time and it couldn't
finish.  In that case, it would get left behind.  You can delete it.






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