new entry, installing cygwin-inst snapshots with setup
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It's up to you to deal with other changes you made to your system, such
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as installing the inetd service, altering system paths, etc. Setup
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would not have done any of these things for you.
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@subsection Can I use setup to install snapshots?
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Yes. If experimenting with developer snapshots from
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@file{http://cygwin.com/snapshots/}, you should generally install the
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full @code{cygwin-inst-YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2} update, rather than just the
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DLL, otherwise some components may be out of sync. However, Cygwin tar
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won't work because it will load the DLL that you're trying to update,
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and a non-Cygwin program like WinZip will put everything in the wrong
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place. The solution is to use @code{setup.exe}.
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Just bunzip2 the cygwin-inst tarball, rename it to cygwin-YYYYMMDD.tar,
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gzip it, put it in an empty directory, and run @code{setup.exe} there.
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You should be given the option to install it.
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The obvious warnings about updating the cygwin package and using developer
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snapshots apply:
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@enumerate
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@item Always download the latest version of setup from
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@file{http://cygwin.com/setup.exe}.
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@item Close all Cygwin apps, including shells and services
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(e.g. inetd), before running setup. You may have to restart Windows to
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clear the DLL from memory.
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@item Snapshots are risky. They have not been tested. Use them @strong{only} if
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there is a feature or bugfix that you need to try.
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@item If you cannot download a snapshot from the main ftp distribution
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site, use a mirror, and look in the @samp{snapshots} directory. You may
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have to hunt for one that has a copy of the latest snapshot. Start at
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@file{http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html}.
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@end enumerate
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