X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:from:to:subject:date:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=fZy tKoF7Lw7W29aPUuSHzaJLp726gtW2kcguu2vdP/jwGW4v5x61RUjm82P/dS7Cgg0 pN45BVTUb8BAvMu/j9V6FDmr4nkVEzftuyfTxjC6wLzXxOwZDK9lN4Czy8dHfZ2X SWrmfgk25qCmbvJ7C2OspOP47jMw8k8FcXYBQk4o= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:from:to:subject:date:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; s=default; bh=D0upssQX8 hdxAQsUfK2DUv2KNyg=; b=KfJgOjQLUl4e5V6KTGXbsdcn+f6PWVUb5M5WYfTwP acx52ATDsGTbuA6eWKfaZ5bI2G+sqzRCYOdrrMyj+VLOaBVZf7OCBUCokZNSqP1J /gub9t9FuqkB+HdEUSWr+e3zzoJIaU0dDIU0oR2n7LRUOBDDc0qkHtoUNRO52dGz SU= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: COL004-OMC1S8.hotmail.com X-TMN: [OrvYLsJI0nOu1zKMqP7VplaeJW5XtQ+U] Message-ID: From: t s To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: Re: cygwin setup program questions Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:27:34 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id sADIRoWx007430 just to check my understanding of the setup program, latest version 2.852 (64 bit); the options are install / re-install / un-install / default my understanding is as follows; choosing "install" creates a new installation of the selected cygwin components choosing "re-install" uninstalls the selected cygwin components, then creates a new installation choosing "un-install" uninstalls the selected cygwin components choosing "default" updates the selected cygwin components so if I wish to update my local installation to the latest release, I would choose "default", as per the following screen capture; http://www.cpm86.com/default.jpg the "keep" / "cur" / "exp" radio buttons; changes what the "Default" means: keep the installed packages, update to whatever the current version is or update to whatever the "experimental" or test version is. (thanks Achim) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple