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authorDavid Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>2003-02-21 23:37:47 +0300
committerDavid Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>2003-02-21 23:37:47 +0300
commita0c8d53b5a016637812c9c9c5089f3b15ac8841d (patch)
treed85bc9e1bdecdbb449692941c875cb64843c8b0c
parent45fb46b48db1baa387cfd2a69378a3ac5a1ef635 (diff)
various updates to setup entries. Stronger emphasis to use setup, and only setup.
(no more "work in progres ... ")
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+++ b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@ mailing list.
@section Installation using ``Cygwin Setup''
-The Cygwin Setup program is the only recommended way to install Cygwin,
-but it is still a work in progress. Expect features and functionality
-to change. For this reason, it is a good idea to note the version and
-build time reported by Cygwin Setup when you run it. This will help
-diagnose problems, should you have any. Check the cygwin mailing list
-for the latest news about Cygwin Setup.
+The Cygwin Setup program is the @emph{only} recommended way to install
+Cygwin.
@subsection Why not install in C:\?
@@ -151,19 +147,20 @@ something you really @emph{don't} want.
@subsection How much disk space does Cygwin require?
That depends, obviously, on what you've chosen to download and
-install. A full installation is probably close to 500MB installed,
-not including the package archives themselves or the source code.
+install. A full installation today is probably larger than 800MB
+installed, not including the package archives themselves nor the source
+code.
-After installation, the package archives remain in your ``Local Package
-Directory'', by default the location of @code{setup.exe}. You may
-conserve disk space by deleting the @code{contrib} and @code{latest}
-subdirectories there.
+After installation, the package archives remain in your ``Local
+Package Directory'', by default the location of @code{setup.exe}. You
+may conserve disk space by deleting the subdirectories there. These
+directories will have very wierd looking names, being encoded with
+their URLs.
@subsection What if setup fails?
First, make sure that you are using the latest version of Cygwin
-Setup. It is a work in progress, with improvements and bugfixes being
-made often. The latest version is always available from the 'Install
+Setup. The latest version is always available from the 'Install
Cygwin now' link on the Cygwin Home Page at @file{http://cygwin.com/}.
If you are downloading from the internet, setup will fail if it cannot