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[newlib-cygwin] Remove mention of installing everything
- From: Jon TURNEY <jturney at sourceware dot org>
- To: cygwin-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 1 Jun 2015 16:14:24 -0000
- Subject: [newlib-cygwin] Remove mention of installing everything
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=3c932910e6a36bd70a16f70436f08945fbc833f3
commit 3c932910e6a36bd70a16f70436f08945fbc833f3
Author: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
Date: Thu May 21 17:34:41 2015 +0100
Remove mention of installing everything
An estimate of the size of installing of "hundreds of megabytes" is wildly out
of date. Just remove mention of installing everything, since it is nearly
always not a good idea.
2015-06-01 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* ov-ex-unix.xml: Remove unhelpful mention of and inaccurate size
estimate for installing everything.
* ov-ex-win.xml: Ditto.
Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
Diff:
---
winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml | 6 ------
winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml | 6 ------
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 10f2958..0c961fa 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-06-01 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
+
+ * ov-ex-unix.xml: Remove unhelpful mention of and inaccurate size
+ estimate for installing everything.
+ * ov-ex-win.xml: Ditto.
+
2015-04-27 Mike DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>
* cygserver.xml (install-cygserver): Add new section. How to install
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml
index 75a0ff6..c47a399 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ list. You may search for specfic tools by using the
at the Cygwin web site.
</para>
<para>
-Another option is to install everything by clicking on the
-<literal>Default</literal> field next to the <literal>All</literal>
-category. However, be advised that this will download and install
-several hundreds of megabytes of software to your computer. The best
-plan is probably to click on individual categories and install either
-entire categories or packages from the categories themselves.
After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in
the <literal>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/</literal> directory.
</para>
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml
index c9371a9..9a24021 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ package installation screen will provide you with the ability to control
what is installed or updated.
</para>
<para>
-Another option is to install everything by clicking on the
-<literal>Default</literal> field next to the <literal>All</literal>
-category. However, be advised that this will download and install
-several hundreds of megabytes of software to your computer. The best
-plan is probably to click on individual categories and install either
-entire categories or packages from the categories themselves.
After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in
the <literal>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/</literal> directory.
</para>