X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:57:00 -0500 From: David Arnstein To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Folder ftp%3a%2f%2fftp.sunsite.utk.edu%2fpub%2fcygwin remains after install Message-ID: <20051122075700.GA5202@panix.com> Reply-To: arnstein AT pobox DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i 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 > Somewhat offtopic and probably FAQ: > The local package cache fills up with outdated (no longer in > setup.ini) versions. > Is there any hidden setup.exe functionality or cleanup script > available to delete old package files? I asked this question a long time ago. The answer is that Michael Chase wrote clean_setup.pl for this purpose. You can download this perl script from http://home.ix.netcom.com/~mchase/zip/. I suggest that you search the mail list archive for clean_setup to see what people have said about it. -- 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/