-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 John Emmas wrote: > That might have been the case at first but I've been following the > instructions very carefully for at least the past 2 weeks. You never > replied to my question about step 6 though (is it a "one time" command or do > I have to type this every time I perform an update?) I've been typing it in > every time.
All the steps must be followed in order every time setup.exe is run. > Thanks Dave. The only problem with that is that things can get selected > without your knowledge. So you need to check every single item every time > you want to install even just one package. Or is this what Yaakov meant > above? Does the long shell command (step 6 on the homepage) somehow > stop the 'automatic selection' process? I did recently do two installations > in rapid succession (5 mins apart) and didn't re-type it in between > them - but that's the only time recently when I omitted a step. As Dave indicated, if two repositories provide the same package, setup.exe looks at the setup.ini timestamps to determine which is newer. Step 6 forces setup.exe to consider the Ports repository as newer. Yaakov Cygwin Ports -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkj232UACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPrGwCeJz+HrmdxJ9KDxyxxjbP3C8Q6 uzcAn0bAWltS3Q1SDDBcQMVZfjtwRI9Q =iwdQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
