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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:43:25 -0500
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> I recently found that new 'setup.exe' works much better.
> 
> Before new changes 'setup.exe' require up to 10 minute to make
> list of available packages if they stored on Samba share in intranet
> and some quickly if they stored locally on hard drive.
> 
> As I understand this change introduced in version 2.738:
> 
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2010-12/msg00029.html
> 
> and author (Jon Turney) was starred:
> 
> http://cygwin.com/goldstars/
> 
> By now 'setup.exe' was started in 10 sec!

Yes, it's really amazing.  Big thanks to Jon for the time we'll all save
every time we run setup.

In the past, I always assumed that setup was slow because it was doing Lots
Of Very Important Work.  Now I see it was just slow!


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