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Re: How to clean the local package directory?
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: arnstein at pobox dot com
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:11:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: How to clean the local package directory?
- References: <200407292032.i6TKWAE21279@panix3.panix.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, David Arnstein wrote:
> My local package directory contains multiple versions of many cygwin
> packages. It also contains versions of packages that I no longer use.
>
> What is the best procedure for cleaning up the local package
> directory? I very much want to preserve cygwin's notion of what
> packages (and what versions thereof) I have installed. It would be
> very tedious if I had to pick and choose all the packages I want,
> again.
Michael Chase's "clean_setup.pl" is a very good tool for these (and other)
purposes. Google for "clean_setup.pl". HTH,
Igor
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