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RE: i want to re-download all packages... how?
At 12:46 PM 4/22/2004, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of electa
>> Sent: 22 April 2004 16:01
>
>> i have some packeges installed, but i have lost their .bz2 files...
>> now i want to retrieve all packages because I would like to
>> put them on a
>> CD-RW!
>> --> setup.exe knows what packages i have alreay installed and
>> don't download
>> them...
>>
>
>If you *really* want to download absolutely *everything*, just delete the
>entire contents of your local download directory and start again.
Actually, I think that was his original problem. ;-) If you want to make
setup forget about what you have installed, you need to remove the files
in '/etc/setup'. This assumes the OP wants to install everything too
though, which isn't clear from the original post.
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