On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, David Arnstein wrote: > My local package directory contains multiple versions of many cygwin > packages. It also contains versions of packages that I no longer use. > > What is the best procedure for cleaning up the local package > directory? I very much want to preserve cygwin's notion of what > packages (and what versions thereof) I have installed. It would be > very tedious if I had to pick and choose all the packages I want, > again.
Michael Chase's "clean_setup.pl" is a very good tool for these (and other) purposes. Google for "clean_setup.pl". HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/