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Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions

To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Subject: Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions
From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:11:19 -0400
References: <200006011501.QAA29777@alpha1.ebi.ac.uk> <1224-Thu01Jun2000161306+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> <200006011601.MAA17704@envy.delorie.com> <20000601120419.C17172@cygnus.com>


> An existing setup-cygwin1.dll could potentially interfere.

Setup will blindly overwrite it.  If it can't, setup will fail anyway.
The reason I check for an empty directory is because if it isn't, the
results are *subtly* wrong.

References:
- RE: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions
  - From: David Starks-Browning
- Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions
  - From: DJ Delorie
- Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions
  - From: Chris Faylor

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