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Re: what is pre-Cygwin B21?


In a message dated 11/10/99 7:49:55 PM EST, bsimon@ctam.com.au writes:

> get the
>  latest cygwin-inst-YYYYMMDD.targ.gz (eg. cygwin-inst-19991109.tar.gz) and 
> use
>  WinZip to install it in the appropriate directory
>You can not use the gzip or tar that
>comes with cygwin as the cygwin1.dll will be replaced and it obviously can't 
be
>replaced if tools (like gzip and tar) are using the existing dll.

I simply untar the cygwin1.dll to a temporary location, untar the rest 
directoy to its destination, then use Windows to move the .dll.

Tim
tprince@computer.org

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