Installing cygwin NOT from web
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
lhall@rfk.com
Thu Mar 13 22:53:00 GMT 2003
Ross Smith wrote:
>>From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins@cygwin.com]
>>
>>On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:59, Ross Smith wrote:
>>
>>>>From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins@cygwin.com]
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote:
>>
>>>>>But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and
>>>>
>>>>looks only at what
>>>>
>>>>>has been actually installed. So if you don't get all the
>>>>
>>>>files you want in a
>>>>
>>>>>single session, and don't install, then you have problems.
>>
>>...
>>
>>>>Note: this will redownload everything, even if it is
>>
>>already in the
>>
>>>>cache.
>>>
>>>I'm confused. Isn't that exactly what Charles said? It ignores the
>>>cache and re-downloads everything?
>>
>>No.
>>Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is
>>installed.
>>I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache.
>
>
> I still don't understand the difference. He says it ignores the cache
> and downloads it all again. You say it ignores the cache and downloads
> it all again. Exactly the same thing.
>
Perhaps you need to reread the thread then because your paraphrase does
not match what's been said. Certainly I can understand your confusion
based on the result of your paraphrase.
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Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
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