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| author | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2010-06-26 20:08:46 +0400 |
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| committer | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2010-06-26 20:08:46 +0400 |
| commit | 8930e4d2c3c9d34c8e91f3ab719295cb7c17c77d (patch) | |
| tree | 17261404a439ca117f06862d8627438dfc8a38e2 /winsup | |
| parent | b5ed89158e7a28ec1b2f54fa1628d0a5b8b4d1ff (diff) | |
* setup-net.sgml: Add a paragraph describing now to avoid unintentional
upgrades.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml | 9 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index a48b2f44f..887640b62 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-06-26 Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> + + * setup-net.sgml: Add a paragraph describing now to avoid unintentional + upgrades. + 2010-04-29 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Add new "dos" and "inode" mount diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml index 6c224dc77..aadafcafc 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml @@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ if you know the name of a package you want to install but not which category it is in. Click on the <literal>View</literal> button and it will rotate between <literal>Category</literal> (the default), <literal>Full</literal> (all -packages), and <literal>Partial</literal> (only packages to be upgraded). +packages), and <literal>Partial</literal> (only packages to be +installed or upgraded). If you are familiar with Unix, you will probably want to at least glance through the <literal>Full</literal> listing for your favorite tools. </para> @@ -188,6 +189,12 @@ to close all Cygwin windows and stop all Cygwin processes before <command>setup.exe</command> begins to install the upgraded package. </para> <para> +To avoid unintentionally upgrading, use the <literal>Partial</literal> +view to see which packages have been marked for upgrading. If you +don't want to upgrade a package, click on the new version number to +toggle it until it says <literal>Keep</literal>. +</para> +<para> The final feature of the <command>setup.exe</command> chooser is for <literal>Previous</literal> and <literal>Experimental</literal> packages. By default the chooser shows only the current version of each package, |