"Brian Dessent" wrote: > Lionel B wrote: > > /.../ > > If you want to keep one or more packages at "Exp" versions this is the > method I use: > > First thing you do after running setup each time, switch to partial. > You will see a combination of Exp packages that setup wants to downgrade > to Curr, mixed with any normal packages that you're not using Exp > versions of that need upgrading. For all the packages that you are > using Exp versions, just toggle them back to Keep, and then continue > with setup as normal. It's not very elegent, but most of the time > there's not more than a small number of Exp packages so it's pretty easy > just to switch them all back to Keep first thing. After a couple of > times it becomes habit because it's the same packages each time.
Yes, that's pretty much what I do now... so I guess I'm not missing anything obvious. > Plan B is to use Exp versions of *everything*, in which case you just > use the Exp radio button each time. But I wouldn't necessarily > recommend that. Too scary. > (And yes, setup could be a lot more intuitive about all this... *sigh*) Not even a mother could love it ;-) Cheers, -- Lionel B -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
