Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com From: Chris Faylor Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:23:46 -0400 To: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: new setup.exe in cvs! Message-ID: <20000710152346.A17340@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com References: <200007070103 DOT VAA07398 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <200007101915 DOT PAA13577 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200007101915.PAA13577@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 03:15:27PM -0400 On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 03:15:27PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >I think the old setup used the user mount table too. Yep. >>If I choose 'install from the internet' a mirror of latest is created >>on my harddisk. > >Not quite. It only downloads the files it actually needs, but it does >preserve the directory structure that it found them in. This "trick" >allows setup to read a previously-downloaded mirror or CD-ROM, since >the directory structure is the same. Plus, the download-only option >acts like a mirror program, copying the structure and skipping files it >already has. > >The old setup did the same thing, but removed them all right before >exiting. The old setup left the files around but it didn't duplicate the sourceware structure. cgf