From 8930e4d2c3c9d34c8e91f3ab719295cb7c17c77d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Faylor Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:08:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * setup-net.sgml: Add a paragraph describing now to avoid unintentional upgrades. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 + + * setup-net.sgml: Add a paragraph describing now to avoid unintentional + upgrades. + 2010-04-29 Corinna Vinschen * 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 View button and it will rotate between Category (the default), Full (all -packages), and Partial (only packages to be upgraded). +packages), and Partial (only packages to be +installed or upgraded). If you are familiar with Unix, you will probably want to at least glance through the Full listing for your favorite tools. @@ -188,6 +189,12 @@ to close all Cygwin windows and stop all Cygwin processes before setup.exe begins to install the upgraded package. +To avoid unintentionally upgrading, use the Partial +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 Keep. + + The final feature of the setup.exe chooser is for Previous and Experimental packages. By default the chooser shows only the current version of each package,