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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 04:55:45 +0000
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Subject: Re: Is installing certain packages without installing all pending packages possible?
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On 4 March 2011 03:05, kerem wrote:
> Larry Hall writes:
>> > When I need to install certain packages Setup.exe also installs all the
> pending
>> > upgrades as well. Is it possible to disable upgrading at all? Sometimes
> there
>> > are tens of new packages which means that I need to click on every sin=
gle
> item
>> > and select "keep" one by one.
>>
>> Use the "Keep" radio button instead. =C2=A0That applies to all.
>
> Thank you Larry, that did the trick for me.

Use that button at your own risk. If a program you install depends on
a newer version of a library (including the Cygwin DLL) than you've
currently got, the program will fail.

Andy

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