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Re: http://www.cygwin.com/download.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: http://www.cygwin.com/download.html


> On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:03:05PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >I just reread this. I've a few suggestions - Chris, if these are ok,
> >I'll happy do them.
> >
> >1) Does bootstrap.zip still exist? If so, where is it?
>
> Yes.  It's directly under latest.  Mind you, it won't work anymore
since
> it doesn't include bzip2.exe, though.  I've been waiting for someone
to
> complain about this before adding bzip2.exe (although I've just taken
> more time to type this message than it would take me to add bzip2.exe
to
> the archive).  Or, should I just remove all references to
bootstrap.zip?

One or other :}


> >3) "if you are adventurous... " add in that the user should also grab
> >the setup.exe and .ini from the top level of the mirror they download
> >from, and that binary mode MUST be used for all files.
>
> How does that follow from the fact that you can use "some other
program
> than setup.exe"?
                ^ to download.

I read it as meaning "download these files and then run setup.exe
locally".

Rob


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