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Re: mirror no longer listed
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/03/2018 20:48, Jeffrey Beckstrom wrote:
>>
>> When I originally installed cygwin, I did so from the
>> cygwin.mirror.constant.com mirror. That site is no longer listed as a
>> mirror. What do I need to do in cygwin to change to a different mirror such
>> that cygwin remembers what I already have installed. Do I just rename the
>> folder on my PC that has the mirror's name to a new name?
>>
>
> the list of installed package is in /etc/setup/installed.db
> not in the cache folder.
>
> No need for rename.
>
The question seemed to be geared towards avoiding redownloading files,
but I am not sure this would ever come into play. Reinstallation of a
package, perhaps?
Cheers,
R0b0t1
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