Re: updating packages/utilities

2002-02-14 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
I understand. It's interesting though, considering that the "Windows way" of installing/updating/uninstalling software is to run "setup.exe". I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to add another few words about setup and it's varied capabilities but I'm surprised that the paradigm would seem unnatural to a

Re: updating packages/utilities

2002-02-14 Thread Dave Trollope
Hi Larry, Alex. I tend to agree with Alex, its not obvious to newcomers that is the way to upgrade cygwin. The web pages all state download the setup to install, it never mentions it for installing additional packages. It would be good if someone could clarify this on the webpages. As a newcomer

Re: updating packages/utilities

2002-02-13 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 04:42 PM 2/13/2002, Alex BATKO wrote: >I can't find anything in neither the documentation, nor the FAQ >about how to update a Cygwin package or Cygwin utility, or about >how to install a package AFTER Cygwin has already been installed. > >If anyone knows a link to such documentation, please re

updating packages/utilities

2002-02-13 Thread Alex BATKO
I can't find anything in neither the documentation, nor the FAQ about how to update a Cygwin package or Cygwin utility, or about how to install a package AFTER Cygwin has already been installed. If anyone knows a link to such documentation, please reply. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.