* [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI
@ 2022-07-07 11:44 Jon Turney
2022-07-11 7:45 ` Corinna Vinschen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jon Turney @ 2022-07-07 11:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-patches; +Cc: Jon Turney
---
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
--
2.36.1
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* Re: [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI
2022-07-07 11:44 [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI Jon Turney
@ 2022-07-11 7:45 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-07-23 20:46 ` Brian Inglis
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2022-07-11 7:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-patches
On Jul 7 12:44, Jon Turney wrote:
> ---
> winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 11 ++++++-----
> winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 14 +++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
LGTM
Thx,
Corinna
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* Re: [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI
2022-07-11 7:45 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2022-07-23 20:46 ` Brian Inglis
2022-07-25 7:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-07-28 16:42 ` Jon Turney
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Brian Inglis @ 2022-07-23 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-patches
On 2022-07-11 01:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 7 12:44, Jon Turney wrote:
>> ---
>> winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 11 ++++++-----
>> winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 14 +++++++-------
>> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> LGTM
[original did not make it to me; caught up on archive and noticed]
URL duplicates .html:
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html.html">
should perhaps also have the self-closing tag delimiter "/>":
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html" />
where the extra space ensures it is also valid XHTML/XML so it can be
checked or processed with better tools that can catch issues ;^>
[attachment extract]
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
...
@@ -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>
...
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains
too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
[Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]
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* Re: [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI
2022-07-23 20:46 ` Brian Inglis
@ 2022-07-25 7:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-07-28 16:42 ` Jon Turney
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2022-07-25 7:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-patches
On Jul 23 14:46, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2022-07-11 01:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jul 7 12:44, Jon Turney wrote:
> > > ---
> > > winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 11 ++++++-----
> > > winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 14 +++++++-------
> > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > LGTM
>
> [original did not make it to me; caught up on archive and noticed]
>
> URL duplicates .html:
>
> <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html.html">
>
> should perhaps also have the self-closing tag delimiter "/>":
>
> <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html" />
>
> where the extra space ensures it is also valid XHTML/XML so it can be
> checked or processed with better tools that can catch issues ;^>
>
> [attachment extract]
>
> 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
> ...
> @@ -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>
> ...
Sure, please create a patch.
Thanks,
Corinna
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* Re: [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI
2022-07-23 20:46 ` Brian Inglis
2022-07-25 7:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2022-07-28 16:42 ` Jon Turney
2022-07-28 18:55 ` Brian Inglis
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jon Turney @ 2022-07-28 16:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Brian Inglis, Cygwin Patches
On 23/07/2022 21:46, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2022-07-11 01:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Jul 7 12:44, Jon Turney wrote:
>>> ---
>>> winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 11 ++++++-----
>>> winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 14 +++++++-------
>>> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> LGTM
>
> [original did not make it to me; caught up on archive and noticed]
>
> URL duplicates .html:
>
> <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html.html">
>
> should perhaps also have the self-closing tag delimiter "/>":
>
> <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html" />
>
> where the extra space ensures it is also valid XHTML/XML so it can be
> checked or processed with better tools that can catch issues ;^>
>
> [attachment extract]
>
> 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
> ...
> @@ -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>.
I am confused.
The <ulink> tag is closed by the </ulink> tag later on the same line,
after enclosing the link text 'Cygwin Package Server page'
>
> </para>
> </answer></qandaentry>
> ...
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* Re: [PATCH] Update FAQs which are out of date on the details of setup UI
2022-07-28 16:42 ` Jon Turney
@ 2022-07-28 18:55 ` Brian Inglis
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Brian Inglis @ 2022-07-28 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cygwin Patches
On 2022-07-28 10:42, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 23/07/2022 21:46, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2022-07-11 01:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Jul 7 12:44, Jon Turney wrote:
>>>> ---
>>>> winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 11 ++++++-----
>>>> winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 14 +++++++-------
>>>> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>> LGTM
>>
>> [original did not make it to me; caught up on archive and noticed]
>>
>> URL duplicates .html:
>>
>> <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html.html">
>>
>> should perhaps also have the self-closing tag delimiter "/>":
>>
>> <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/package-server.html" />
>>
>> where the extra space ensures it is also valid XHTML/XML so it can be
>> checked or processed with better tools that can catch issues ;^>
>>
>> [attachment extract]
>>
>> 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
>> ...
>> @@ -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>.
>
> I am confused.
>
> The <ulink> tag is closed by the </ulink> tag later on the same line,
> after enclosing the link text 'Cygwin Package Server page'
Sorry I missed those end tags because of the wrap.
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains
too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
[Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]
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