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From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
To: superbiskit@home.com
Cc: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Keeping *.tar.gz files?
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:47:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200012282246.RAA19155@envy.delorie.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A4BC127.10A3DDCE@home.com>

> Is there any benefit from keeping all those archives?

If you want to re-install, like if you try an experimental version and
want to revert, or if you want to wipe out and reinstall your cygwin
installation.  Or if you want to install cygwin on a second machine,
you can do it right out of that directory.

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      reply	other threads:[~2000-12-28 14:47 UTC|newest]

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2000-12-28 14:39 David A. Cobb
2000-12-28 14:47 ` DJ Delorie [this message]

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