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Re: setup.exe: keep
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Michael D. Berger & Rosalie A. Clavez" <mdberger at radix dot net>,"Cygwin List" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:58:30 +0100
- Subject: Re: setup.exe: keep
- References: <3DB83240.A172FCA5@radix.net>
Michael D. Berger & Rosalie A. Clavez <mdberger@radix.net> wrote:
> In looking at the list of items I can install, I see that one
> of the options is "keep". What does this mean?
> I would like to execute this sequence:
> 1 - download a complete new version;
> 2 - backup the complete new version;
> 3 - delete my old version;
> 4 - install the new version.
> Does the "keep" oprion intefere with this procedure?
Keep = leave as is, i.e. do nothing.
But why would you want to make things so hard for yourself? Cygwin is
designed to be updated on a package by package basis, not wiped and
reinstalled regularly.
Max.
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