Chris Taylor > > All I wish to do is make Setup aware of this if it > > is possible. > > > > For now, I must (carefully) ensure that setup doesn't > > overwrite my "good" version with the default. > > If you reinstalled all of exim, you don't really need the cygwin > version.. So you want to edit the /etc/setup/installed.db and > give it an > artificially high number, say 99.999, as the installed > version of exim. > This will stop cygwin from ever overwriting your installation of exim > (unless the version ever gets higher than that.. unlikely in our > lifetimes to be honest) > > Chris
Thank you Chris, that is precisely the information I was seeking. -- Herb Martin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/