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On 25/03/2010 13:37, Rance Hall wrote:
> This question is more for my personal curiosity than any problem I'm having.
> 
> I've noticed that setup.exe has been updated several times recently
> and I'm curious as to whats in setup that would need to be changed.
> 
> I understood setup-legacy when we switched from 1.5 to 1.7
> 
> As far as I know, setup.exe is little more than an intelligent
> downloader.  Since setup "appears" to download everything it needs
> from the net, why would setup itself need to be changed?

  Well, take a look at the ChangeLog and see for yourself.  Most recent stuff
has been bugfixes and a few minor new features.

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/setup/ChangeLog?cvsroot=cygwin-apps

    cheers,
      DaveK

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