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Re: Cygwin installing too much stuff
"Brian Dessent" wrote:
> Lionel B wrote:
>
> /.../
>
> If you want to keep one or more packages at "Exp" versions this is the
> method I use:
>
> First thing you do after running setup each time, switch to partial.
> You will see a combination of Exp packages that setup wants to downgrade
> to Curr, mixed with any normal packages that you're not using Exp
> versions of that need upgrading. For all the packages that you are
> using Exp versions, just toggle them back to Keep, and then continue
> with setup as normal. It's not very elegent, but most of the time
> there's not more than a small number of Exp packages so it's pretty easy
> just to switch them all back to Keep first thing. After a couple of
> times it becomes habit because it's the same packages each time.
Yes, that's pretty much what I do now... so I guess I'm not missing anything obvious.
> Plan B is to use Exp versions of *everything*, in which case you just
> use the Exp radio button each time. But I wouldn't necessarily
> recommend that.
Too scary.
> (And yes, setup could be a lot more intuitive about all this... *sigh*)
Not even a mother could love it ;-)
Cheers,
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Lionel B
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