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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:57:20AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Nov 22 14:56, Valerio Bigiani wrote:
>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> This isn't correct.  Automatic checking for updates might be switched on
>>> by default on most or even all Linux systems today, but it's still a
>>> customizable setting so it can be switched on or off.
>>
>> Which can be fixed by adding a "by default":
>>
>> --- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml.old    2008-11-17 
>> 18:01:37.343750000 +0100
>> +++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml    2008-11-17 18:02:30.031250000 
>> +0100
>> @@ -137,7 +137,11 @@
>>  </para>
>>  <para>
>>  Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the
>> -graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default,
>> +graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. Note that, differently 
>> from
>> +what happens under most Unix and Linux systems, presence of updated
>> +packages isn't checked automatically in the default installation, but you 
>> have +to run manually
>> +<command>setup.exe</command> to check for updates. By default,
>>  <command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of packages,
>>  so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
>>  selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin
>
>Patch applied to the original sources of these docs.  That will be
>in the docs for Cygwin 1.7.

I've reworded this to use more correct English and removed the
comparison with UNIX and linux.  I think that just stating that Cygwin
does not currently contain a mechanism for automatically notifying you
about updates should be adequate without drawing comparisions to
anything else.

cgf

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