Re: The install dir

2003-03-12 Thread Max Bowsher
Patrick Nelson wrote: > Robert Collins wrote: > - [snip] > - > > Thanks again for clearing it up. Patrick, your style of quoting is *really*, *really* nonstandard and confusing. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug

RE: The install dir

2003-03-12 Thread Patrick Nelson
Robert Collins wrote: - On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 22:29, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Robert Collins (03-03-12 06:18 +0100) > > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 15:46, Patrick Nelson wrote: > >>> Thorsten Kampe wrote: > >> - > >> I don't have the slightest idea what you are t

Re: The install dir

2003-03-12 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 22:29, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Robert Collins (03-03-12 06:18 +0100) > > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 15:46, Patrick Nelson wrote: > >>> Thorsten Kampe wrote: > >> - > >> I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about The setup > >> directory is *no

Re: The install dir

2003-03-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Robert Collins (03-03-12 06:18 +0100) > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 15:46, Patrick Nelson wrote: >>> Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> - >> I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about The setup >> directory is *not* temporary. Neither the packages are deleted after >> instal

RE: The install dir

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Nelson
Robert Collins wrote: - The 'local package directory' is purely a cache, It's contents can be removed by you at any point (other than while setup is running) with no harmful effects as far as cygwin setup.exe is concerned. Setup *today* does not prune old files from the local p

RE: The install dir

2003-03-11 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 15:46, Patrick Nelson wrote: > > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > - > I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about The setup > directory is *not* temporary. Neither the packages are deleted after > installation nor the older ones after updating. > --

RE: The install dir

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Nelson
> Thorsten Kampe wrote: - I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about The setup directory is *not* temporary. Neither the packages are deleted after installation nor the older ones after updating. - So the older ones are maintained and that

Re: The install dir

2003-03-11 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Patrick Nelson (03-03-12 01:41 +0100) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > - >> 1. Can I just frigg'n delete it? > > Yes. > >> 2. Can I copy it to a CDR and us it as a starting point for and >> installation. > > Yes. You'd better delete the old packages first. > -

RE: The install dir

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Nelson
Thorsten Kampe wrote: - > 1. Can I just frigg'n delete it? Yes. > 2. Can I copy it to a CDR and us it as a starting point for and > installation. Yes. You'd better delete the old packages first. - do you get the structure of it? I mean setup wont recogni

Re: The install dir

2003-03-11 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Patrick Nelson (03-03-12 01:24 +0100) > on my system I have d:\load\cywin as the intermediary setup directory. This > directory has 150 mb in in currently and I decided I want to know about it. > Looking at its structure doesn't tell me much so I'm wondering if anyone > knows wud up with it. Qu