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RE: Quick question on setup.exe
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: "cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 04:33:50 -0600
- Subject: RE: Quick question on setup.exe
Just to clarify a bit:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Pavel Tsekov
>
> Hey, Vincent! :)
>
> First of all - this is _NOT_ a "download application". This
> is an installer.
>
Well, it's really both a floor wax AND a dessert topping*, but I digress.
*For those outside the US, or with more years ahead than behind, that's from a
Saturday Night Live skit. I suppose knowing that doesn't make it any funnier
though.
> Now to answer you question - No! The package selection is not
> based on the OS, on which setup.exe is currently running.
>
True, and the reason that is is because the same exes get installed regardless
of OS. Any differences are taken into account (primarily by the cygwin1 and
other DLLs) at runtime.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer. Patriot.
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