From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Where is detailed setup.exe usage documentation? (old question, never answered)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:36:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <507D70EA.40109@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350361599.89569.YahooMailClassic@web125506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
On 10/16/2012 12:26 AM, Pit Bull wrote:
> I am looking for some documentation - html, man page, doc file, whatever
> that describes setup.exe.
<snip>
> So the specific questions I have (which I would have liked to have seen
> answered in a documentation file of some sort) are:
>
> Why isn't the status changed to Keep for downloaded src packages (or
> at least for some since I have not verified this is common across all
> source files/packages)?
Could be a bug.
> What does an X mean in the Src? column box? Is this supposed to mean
> it has been downloaded even though the status does not say Keep?
It indicates that you want the source for the selected package.
> What does n/a mean in the Bin? and Src? column?
Not applicable. The state of these columns is dependent on whether you've
selected a version of the package to install.
> Is there any documentation that describes setup.exe in more detail in
> an organized manner?
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#internet-setup> is the
most detailed documentation we have for setup.exe right now.
--
Larry
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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