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From: Jon TURNEY <jturney@sourceware.org> To: cygwin-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [newlib-cygwin] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:00:12 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview] Message-ID: <20220712130012.DC9EB3857BB2@sourceware.org> (raw) https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=56d5a57e5fdf3ba796a332c631ef28ecc9bcf869 commit 56d5a57e5fdf3ba796a332c631ef28ecc9bcf869 Author: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Fri Jul 1 15:21:38 2022 +0100 Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI Diff: --- winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 11 ++++++----- winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml index ce1069616..da9fce534 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml @@ -518,10 +518,11 @@ getpwnam(3), disregarding <literal>HOME</literal>. <question><para>How do I uninstall individual packages?</para></question> <answer> -<para>Run the Cygwin Setup program as you would to install packages. In the list of -packages to install, browse the relevant category or click on the -``View'' button to get a full listing. Click on the cycle glyph until -the action reads ``Uninstall''. Proceed by clicking ``Next''. +<para>Run the Cygwin Setup program as you would to install packages. In the +``Select packages to install'' dialog, choose ``Up To Date'' in the +<literal>View</literal> drop-down menu, and locate the package. Choose the +``Uninstall'' action from the drop-down menu in the ``New'' column. Proceed by +clicking ``Next''. </para> </answer></qandaentry> @@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ files, reinstall the "<literal>cygwin</literal>" package using the Cygwin Setup this purpose. See <ulink url="http://rsync.samba.org/"/>, <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/"/> for utilities that can do this for you. For more information on setting up a custom Cygwin package server, see -the <ulink url="https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html">Cygwin Setup program page</ulink>. +the <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html.html">Cygwin Package Server page</ulink>. </para> </answer></qandaentry> diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 7b9bbe1c1..ea5f5a797 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ <para>To repair the damage, you must run the Cygwin Setup program again, and re-install the package which provides the missing DLL package. </para> -<para>If you already installed the package at one point, the Cygwin Setup program won't -show the option to install the package by default. In the -``Select packages to install'' dialog, click on the <literal>Full/Part</literal> -button. This lists all packages, even those that are already -installed. Scroll down to locate the missing package, for instance -<literal>libncurses8</literal>. Click on the ``cycle'' glyph until it says -``Reinstall''. Continue with the installation. +<para>If you already installed the package at one point, the Cygwin Setup +program won't show the option to install the package by default. In the +``Select packages to install'' dialog, choose ``Full'' in the +<literal>View</literal> drop-down menu. This lists all packages, even those +that are already installed. Scroll down to locate the missing package, for +instance <literal>libncurses8</literal>. Choose the ``Reinstall'' action from +the drop-down menu in the ``New'' column. Continue with the installation. </para> <para>For a detailed explanation of the general problem, and how to extend it to other missing DLLs and identify their containing packages, see
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