From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9504 invoked by alias); 11 Aug 2014 23:05:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 9494 invoked by uid 89); 11 Aug 2014 23:05:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpback.ht-systems.ru Received: from smtpback.ht-systems.ru (HELO smtpback.ht-systems.ru) (78.110.50.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:05:15 +0000 Received: from [91.79.67.207] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XGyeK-0003bP-L1; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:05:08 +0400 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:00:58 -0000 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:05:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <44850477.20140812030058@yandex.ru> To: LMH , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: update just ruby on offline cygwin installation In-Reply-To: <53E94499.2080605@molconn.com> References: <53E3E248.6070301@molconn.com> <53E3E71D.8090208@cygwin.com> <53E94499.2080605@molconn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00214.txt.bz2 Greetings, LMH! > I am a bit uncertain about what you mean. > You said, "grab the current setup.exe" > Do you mean download the most recent one, or one from another machine > with an internet connection? There can be only one definition of "current". The current one. > You said, "take both to the machine which you want to update" > Which "both" The "setup.exe and archive you've downloaded" both. > You said, "point setup*.exe at the mirrored packages" > What do you mean by "mirrored packages"? The same you choose when downloading. The directory with archived mirror. > I assume that what you need to do is to copy over the install directory > from a more up to date installation, meaning the directory with the > mirror folders like, > http%3a%2f%2fwww.gtlib.gatech.edu%2fpub%2fcygwin%2f > and select one of these as the local package directory. No. Select the directory containing the mirrors. > Is that what you mean? If so, should I use the most recent setup.exe or the > one in the existing installation (the one I want to update)? See above. > How do I make sure that noting other than ruby gets updated? As has been said, that's not what you really need to do. > I will back up the existing installation first in case I manage to bork > the thing. By doing a partial upgrade, you're more likely to "bork the thing". -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 12.08.2014, <02:56> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple