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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
- From: perryh at pluto dot rain dot com (Perry Hutchison)
- To: robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 4 May 02 21:12:54 PDT
- Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
- >received: by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2011117)id AA10351; Sat, 4 May 02 21:12:54 PDT
> > When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the=20
> > impression that 'install from internet' would not save the=20
> > downloaded packages after installing them. Perhaps the=20
> > documentation (and/or the behavior of
> > setup) has changed since then.
>
> It hasn't changed in years. Can you point me to the area of
> documentation that suggested the incorrect behaviour to you?
It's www.cygwin.com/download.html
Even now, I see nothing there to suggest that an "install from internet"
would also retain the uninstalled packages. I visualize it downloading
a package, installing it, and then deleting the downloaded file before
downloading the next package, so as to minimize disk requirements.
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