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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2008-11-25 12:54:50 +0300 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2008-11-25 12:54:50 +0300 |
| commit | 06c4c61863ea6288fd3a7233563e63c90a050101 (patch) | |
| tree | 749f224c8ace39523702fb7d92c7c9fb2e0b054a /winsup/doc | |
| parent | a11451b3539639ea1d0ecb8137007a1cd4cd3bdd (diff) | |
* overview2.sgml: Add text that no automatic updates are provided.
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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/overview2.sgml | 9 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 78a6f9ddd..be879b0ad 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-11-25 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + Suggested by Valerio Bigiani <vbigiani@yahoo.it>: + * overview2.sgml: Add text that no automatic updates are provided. + 2008-11-11 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * cygwinenv.sgml: Add description for upcaseenv option. diff --git a/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml b/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml index 7cdc3e889..0543f085a 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/overview2.sgml @@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ systems; these are described in more detail in </para> <para> Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the -graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default, -<command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of packages, -so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package +graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. Note that, differently from +what happens under most Unix and Linux systems, presence of updated +packages isn't checked automatically in the default installation, but you +have to run manually<command>setup.exe</command> to check for updates. +By default, <command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of +packages, so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin website's <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/packages/">Setup Package Search</ulink> For more information about what each option in |