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Re: New Setup for Cygwin 1.7 on cygwin.com
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 08:27:11AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> I thought the whole point was to install cygwin first. How can you run base
>> packages first in a new install when there is no cygwin1.dll?
>
>The ordering only has meaning in the context of running postinstall
>scripts, as the postinstall phase doesn't start until after all files
>from all packages have been unpacked.
Ok. I thought I had a scenario in mind where install order made a
different but you (and Corinna) are right. It shouldn't make a
difference.
Sorry for the noise.
cgf