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Re: Updating setup.exe



> Perhaps there should be a setup or install 'package' that would
> allow updating setup.exe to be controlled like any other part of
> Cygwin from the user's viewpoint.  It would probably have to be a
> special case since I don't think a running copy of setup.exe can
> replace itself.

We've discussed this before, and decided not to make setup a package.
It's just one file and you must be able to run it without a cygwin
installation, so there's really no point having a setup package.

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