On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:57:20AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Nov 22 14:56, Valerio Bigiani wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> This isn't correct. Automatic checking for updates might be switched on >>> by default on most or even all Linux systems today, but it's still a >>> customizable setting so it can be switched on or off. >> >> Which can be fixed by adding a "by default": >> >> --- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml.old 2008-11-17 >> 18:01:37.343750000 +0100 >> +++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml 2008-11-17 18:02:30.031250000 >> +0100 >> @@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ >> </para> >> <para> >> Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the >> -graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default, >> +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 > >Patch applied to the original sources of these docs. That will be >in the docs for Cygwin 1.7.
I've reworded this to use more correct English and removed the comparison with UNIX and linux. I think that just stating that Cygwin does not currently contain a mechanism for automatically notifying you about updates should be adequate without drawing comparisions to anything else. cgf -- 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/
