Greetings, LMH! > I am a bit uncertain about what you mean.
> You said, "grab the current setup.exe" > Do you mean download the most recent one, or one from another machine > with an internet connection? There can be only one definition of "current". The current one. > You said, "take both to the machine which you want to update" > Which "both" The "setup.exe and archive you've downloaded" both. > You said, "point setup*.exe at the mirrored packages" > What do you mean by "mirrored packages"? The same you choose when downloading. The directory with archived mirror. > I assume that what you need to do is to copy over the install directory > from a more up to date installation, meaning the directory with the > mirror folders like, > http%3a%2f%2fwww.gtlib.gatech.edu%2fpub%2fcygwin%2f > and select one of these as the local package directory. No. Select the directory containing the mirrors. > Is that what you mean? If so, should I use the most recent setup.exe or the > one in the existing installation (the one I want to update)? See above. > How do I make sure that noting other than ruby gets updated? As has been said, that's not what you really need to do. > I will back up the existing installation first in case I manage to bork > the thing. By doing a partial upgrade, you're more likely to "bork the thing". -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 12.08.2014, <02:56> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
