No one knows. You can install with setup.exe over top of your last installation, but you need to install *at leat* the same packages that you installed manually, else you won't get updates for all XFree86 packages, and you won't be able to uninstall all packages with setup.exe.
Other than that, I don't think it will cause big problems, but someone should test it out and report back to us. Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Wilkie > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 5:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Legacy" Installation of XFree86/Cygwin vs. Setup.exe > XFree86 Packages > > > I haven't seen an answer to this one yet. Is that because no one knows? > I'm in the same boat. > > -matt wilkie > > > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I installed XFree86/Cygwin via the "semi-manual" procedure that > predates > > the release of Setup.exe packages. > > > > I want to know how I should handle switching over to the > Setup.exe-based > > installation of XFree86/Cygwin. > > > > Should I just download the packages and install "over" the existing > > XFree86/Cygwin installation? (I always download binary & source > packages > > and then separately install only the binaries, keeping the sources in > > tarball form until I should happen to need them). > > > > If it matters, I've installed a couple of separate XFree86 software > > packages (XFig and the NCAR Graphics and NCL systems). The NCAR > software > > installation isn't trivial, so if I could avoid having to redo it, that > > would be preferable. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Randall Schulz > > Mountain View, CA USA > > > > > >
