On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:11:03AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: > Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: >> Some time ago a second directory structure appeared in Cygwin mirrors. >> They now have 'release' and 'release-2' folders, along with >> corresponding 'setup' and 'setup-2' .ini, .bz2, and .sig files. >> Both appear to contain the same subfolders. The contents of the >> 'release' subfolders look like all release versions of GNU utilities, >> both current and archival, going back to 2002. Those in 'release-2' look >> like only the most current versions. >> Are my interpretations correct? If so, which does the 'setup.exe' >> installer use? Can one of those two 'release' folders be deleted to >> allow the rest to fit on a DVD? > > You can delete release-2/setup-2 for now. These are the upcoming > 1.7 series packages. Unless you're a package maintainer, you don't > want these.
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