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RE: tar 'mini'-bug

To: "Gary R Van Sickle" <tiberius at braemarinc dot com>
Subject: RE: tar 'mini'-bug
From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:49:45 +0100
Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
References: <8F23E55D511AD5119A6800D0B76FDDE1CA3018@cpex3.channelpoint.com><001501c12052$be449fa0$2101a8c0@nomad>

On Wednesday 8 Aug 01, Gary R Van Sickle writes:
> > Isn't setup.exe able to upgrade cygwin1.dll in place?
> 
> Not to the snapshots according to the FAQ.  Hang on, let me try it though...
> nope.

You can't use setup.exe to install snapshots, but the FAQ does include
instructions for installing snapshots "manually".  The instructions
carefully avoid using cygwin tar to update cygwin1.dll.  Hope this helps.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)

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References:
- RE: tar 'mini'-bug
  - From: Troy Noble
- RE: tar 'mini'-bug
  - From: Gary R Van Sickle

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