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apt-get (was Re: setup.exe: ... )
At 10:26 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, Steve Coleman wrote:
>It wouldn't replace setup.exe since the initial install would still have
>to be done but it might be a good idea to have something that could
>check if there are updates to designated packages that are deemed
>important to the specific Cygwin user, and notify or even just perform
>the updates like the "Windows Update" service. One administrator might
>grab the latest packages and store them on a corporate server and all
>the workstations via crontab could then install from their central file
>server thus easing the load on all the Cygwin mirrors.
On the linux side, that's what apt-get does. And does it very nicely. Ask
any Debian user. Apparently, some people are working on porting atp-get to
Cygwin:
http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net
The dates are about 18 months old. Are there others that are more current?
Regards,
- Robert
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