Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web From: Robert Collins To: "Charles D. Russell" Cc: cygwin cygwin In-Reply-To: <000901c2e9b3$9b297b40$31c94cd8@oemcomputer> References: <000901c2e9b3$9b297b40$31c94cd8@oemcomputer> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-XjcJ/ygZMNUzQz3563Pp" Organization: Message-Id: <1047596629.10389.70.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: 14 Mar 2003 10:03:49 +1100 --=-XjcJ/ygZMNUzQz3563Pp Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:54, Charles D. Russell wrote: > Is the following statement correct? >=20 > Installing from web, rather than downloading to disk, eliminates the risk= s > of !) having to download the same file twice and 2) having duplicate file= s > (from different mirrors) retained in the cache. Yes BUT: 2) is not a problem in either scenario, as long as you use the same set of mirrors each time, setup will avoid downloading duplicates. 1) is only a problem if you choose to force a full copy into the cache, as opposed to downloading what is needed to update your local install. As has been said before, if you want to "Get a full copy of cygwin to install on an arbitrary set of machines" THEN .... wait for it ... use a mirroring tool! Rob --=20 GPG key available at: . --=-XjcJ/ygZMNUzQz3563Pp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+cQ5VI5+kQ8LJcoIRAqZ8AKCsA4Q1pjpIUgUIr2L53q/szQj0JACaA1X0 fJEu1mPncgjOfywuazso5L8= =XnIl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-XjcJ/ygZMNUzQz3563Pp--