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RE: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:49:15 -0600
- Subject: RE: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
> On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 08:59, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>
> > I suppose so, but, again, it seems like many people *recently* are unaware
> > of the setup program entirely.
>
> Hmm, I think we should add a new screen to setup.exe.
>
> After the install completes..
>
> "Your cygwin install is now ready to use. Please run setup.exe again if
> you want to Install new packages, Remove installed packages, or Update
> your install with the latest versions of your installed packages."
>
I'm working towards exactly that. That's the kind of thing most regular
installers have on their "Finish" page.
BTW Rob: Did you see my "bigger chooser" patch? Any ETA on when it will be in
CVS?
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer. Patriot.
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