Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/11/17/12:13:10
I need to reference in my thesis the fact that setup.ini isn't (by default)
updated automatically via crontab, but you need to manually run setup.exe to
update the package list. I tried googling a bit for variations of "setup.ini
cygwin update" (and running similar searches on the mailing list archive) but
couldn't find the information anywhere. Can the following patch be merged in the
cygwin-doc package source?
--- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml.old 2008-11-17 18:01:37.343750000 +0100
+++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml 2008-11-17 18:02:30.031250000 +0100
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@
</para>
<para>
Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the
-graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default,
+graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. Note that, differently from
+what happens under normal Unix Operating Systems, presence of updated
+packages isn't checked automatically, but you have to run manually
+<command>setup.exe</command> to check for updates. By default,
<command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of packages,
so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin
--- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.texi.old 2008-11-17 18:01:50.406250000 +0100
+++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.texi 2008-11-17 18:03:26.031250000 +0100
@@ -142,9 +142,11 @@
@ref{Using Cygwin effectively with Windows}.
Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the
-graphical @code{setup.exe} program. By default,
-@code{setup.exe} only installs a minimal set of packages,
-so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
+graphical @code{setup.exe} program. Note that, differently from what happens
+under normal Unix Operating Systems, presence of updated packages isn't
+checked automatically, but you have to run manually @code{setup.exe} to check
+for updates. By default, @code{setup.exe} only installs a minimal set of
+packages, so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin
website's @uref{http://cygwin.com/packages/,Setup Package Search} For more
information about what each option in
@code{setup.exe} means, see @ref{Internet Setup}.
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