On Nov 17 18:11, Valerio Bigiani wrote: > I need to reference in my thesis the fact that setup.ini isn't (by default) > updated automatically via crontab, but you need to manually run setup.exe > to update the package list. I tried googling a bit for variations of > "setup.ini cygwin update" (and running similar searches on the mailing list > archive) but couldn't find the information anywhere. Can the following > patch be merged in the cygwin-doc package source? > > --- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml.old 2008-11-17 18:01:37.343750000 > +0100 > +++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml 2008-11-17 18:02:30.031250000 > +0100 > @@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ > </para> > <para> > Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the > -graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default, > +graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. Note that, differently > from > +what happens under normal Unix Operating Systems, presence of updated > +packages isn't checked automatically, but you have to run manually > +<command>setup.exe</command> to check for updates. By default,
This isn't correct. Automatic checking for updates might be switched on by default on most or even all Linux systems today, but it's still a customizable setting so it can be switched on or off. Also, what's the definition for a "normal" Unix OS? I don't oppose to telling the user that there's no automatic update option in setup.exe, but it would be nice if it would be worded a bit more careful. Btw., is there really no way to use setup.exe for automatic updates using some of the command line switches? I honestly don't know. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
