From: Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com>
Cc: Markus Hoenicka <Markus.Hoenicka@uth.tmc.edu>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: "local install"?
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 07:49:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C7FA2A1.1090208@ece.gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020301073006.024b18c8@pop3.cris.com>
Randall R Schulz wrote:
> I don't understand this. You get maximum flexibility by separate
> "Download from Internet" and "Install from Local Directory" operations.
> That way you can download sources and have them at hand without
> unconditionally installing them.
>
> By copying my local installation cache to a CD, I can save others very
> large downloads.
>
> I cannot see this as a loss of functionality.
>
> Can you tell me some functionality only available when one uses "Install
> from Internet?"
Sure: merging multiple "mirrors" into a seamless single-view
installation. (Or, merging an official mirror site + "Bob's archive of
cool cygwin packages" + "My company's local cygwin ports" into a single,
always-up-to-date single seamless installation). Sure, you could
manually download the packages you are interested in from all 27 sites,
merge them into a single local repo, and then do 'install-from-local' --
but setup's "extra functionality" automatically handles that stuff for
you -- just point-n-click.
--Chuck
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-01 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-01 2:13 Toni Mueller
2002-03-01 7:13 ` Brian Keener
2002-03-01 7:24 ` Markus Hoenicka
2002-03-01 7:33 ` Randall R Schulz
2002-03-01 7:44 ` Markus Hoenicka
2002-03-01 7:49 ` Charles Wilson [this message]
2002-03-01 8:00 ` Randall R Schulz
2002-03-01 10:55 ` Charles Wilson
[not found] ` <5.1.0.14.2.20020301160226.02538020@pop3.cris.com>
2002-03-01 16:31 ` Charles Wilson
2002-03-01 16:34 ` Randall R Schulz
2002-03-01 16:40 ` Charles Wilson
2002-03-01 16:57 ` Randall R Schulz
2002-03-01 17:05 ` Robert Collins
2002-03-01 17:37 ` Randall R Schulz
2002-03-01 17:23 ` Robert Collins
2002-03-01 7:47 Mark Sheppard
2002-03-01 8:08 ` Markus Hoenicka
2002-03-01 16:02 Robert Collins
2002-03-01 16:02 Robert Collins
2002-03-01 16:04 Robert Collins
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