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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2008-11-25 09:54:50 +0000
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<para>
Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the
-graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default,
-<command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of packages,
-so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
+graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. Note that, differently from
+what happens under most Unix and Linux systems, presence of updated
+packages isn't checked automatically in the default installation, but you
+have to run manually<command>setup.exe</command> to check for updates.
+By default, <command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of
+packages, so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin
website's <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/packages/">Setup Package
Search</ulink> For more information about what each option in