X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:47:36 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setup.exe deleted some files Message-ID: <20070925134736.GD11922@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <46F81A4C DOT 1020504 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <46F82EC9 DOT 4010003 AT cygwin DOT com> <46F880CB DOT 2060602 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <46F8FFDA DOT 4050306 AT cygwin DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F8FFDA.4050306@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:32:26AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >Paul McFerrin wrote: >>Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can >>remember from "which package" to select so you will not lose a >>particular program that you've been using for years. Heck I didn't >>even know it was part of the "linux" util package. I never used a >>Linus system before. The "cal" command was introduced back in SVR2 >>days (~1976)! Way before Linux came on the scene! Yes, I'm showing my >>age. > > >No I don't expect you to remember details of your ancient install. I >would expect that you'd recognize that quite allot has likely changed >in the interim and that you might need to do a little leg-work to get >everything you had back to the way you like it. I don't believe Cygwin >is unusual in this respect. Any 6+ year old distribution is going to >have changes that may seem a little jarring to those that may be >seeking to have everything just the way they had it. Of course, if you >feel that these realities don't live up to your expectations, you are >free to stick with the versions you have for as long as they do what >you want. There's all that plus the fact that B20 didn't actually have "packages" anyway. That was more-or-less the point of subsequent releases - allowing people to choose what they wanted. cgf -- 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/