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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] setup.exe removed from cygwin ftp download
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 20:29:02 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] setup.exe removed from cygwin ftp download
- References: <announce.20070514213302.GA32564@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 05:33:02PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>Given the confusion manifested in the recent cygwin mailing-list thread
>about finding a file in the cygwin ftp directory called "setup.exe" and
>assuming that it should be used for installing cygwin, I've removed
>setup.exe from the ftp download area at cygwin.com.
>
>The "Install Cygwin Now!" link, which references
>http://cygwin.com/setup.exe, will continue to work as advertised.
>
>If anyone is in the habit of just downloading the entire ftp area and
>expecting that a file "setup.exe" will exist there, you will now have to
>go to the extra step of grabbing a copy of setup.exe using a command
>like "wget http://cygwin.com/setup.exe".
I meant to mention that setup.exe has been repacked with a newer version
of upx and is 50K smaller.
cgf
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