On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 06:16:17PM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>You can just rm -r all of the directories that setup creates when >>installing packages. There is no reason to keep any of them around. > >I think he's talking about the old versions of the .bz2 files that live >in the local download folders.
So am I. >I may have a similar usage pattern in that I have a folder on my USB >key that has all the packages, and when I get to a client machine that >has no Cygwin and they let me install it, I just install from my local >copy - no Internet, no problem. > >But those folders do fill up with old cruft after a while. But you wouldn't want to keep different versions of bz2 files around in that case. ><duck> > >Wouldn't it be nice if setup knew enough to remove the bz2 files for >packages that were no longer current? > ></duck> No need to duck. I think setup really should just delete the files when it is done with them if you choose "install from internet". cgf -- 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/