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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Matt Wilkie" <patawi at polarcom dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 17:51:08 +1000
- Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
Download from internet and install from internet share the same cache.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Wilkie [mailto:patawi@polarcom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:57 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No
> such file"
>
>
>
> >>>Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install
> >>>sets available?
> >>
> >>When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that
> >>'install from internet' would not save the downloaded
> packages after
> >>installing them. Perhaps the documentation (and/or the behavior of
> >>setup) has changed since then.
> >
> >
> > For as long as I've been aware of it, Install from Internet
> cached the
> > package archive files just like Download from Internet. If you can
> > suggest an improvement in the documentation that would make that
> > clearer for you, a change would be gratefully received.
>
> Where are the "Install from Internet" files cached?
>
> I've been using cygwin for year or two and have always picked
> "Download"
> because like Perry I assumed the first option meant 'delete
> downloaded
> files when done'. Does this mean I now have two copies of every
> installation archive?
>
> cheers,
>
> -matt wilkie
>
>
>
>
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