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diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml index c9b692712..a01472898 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <sect1><title>Internet Setup</title> <para>To install the Cygwin net release, go to <ulink URL="http://cygwin.com/">http://cygwin.com/</ulink> and click on <ulink -URL="http://cygwin.com/">"Install Cygwin Now!"</ulink>. This will +URL="http://cygwin.com/setup.exe">"Install Cygwin Now!"</ulink>. This will download a GUI installer called <command>setup.exe</command> which can be run to download a complete cygwin installation via the internet. Follow the instructions on each screen to install Cygwin. @@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ For each selected mirror site, <command>setup.exe</command> downloads a small text file called <literal>setup.bz2</literal> that contains a list of packages available from that site along with some basic information about each package which <command>setup.exe</command> parses and uses to create the -chooser window. For details about the format of this file, see -<ulink URL="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html#setup.ini"> -http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html</ulink>. +chooser window. For details about the format of this file, see +the <ulink URL="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html"> +setup.exe homepage</ulink>. </para> <para> The chooser is the most complex part of <command>setup.exe</command>. @@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ will install only the packages in the <literal>Base</literal> category and their dependencies, resulting in a minimal Cygwin installation. However, this will not include many commonly used tools such as <command>gcc</command> (which you will find in the <literal>Devel</literal> -category). +category). Since <command>setup.exe</command> automatically selects +dependencies, be careful not to unselect any required packages. In +particular, everything in the <literal>Base</literal> category is +required. </para> <para> You can change <command>setup.exe</command>'s view style, which is helpful @@ -191,7 +194,8 @@ though mirrors have at least one previous version and occasionally there is a testing or beta version of a package available. To see these package, click on the <literal>Prev</literal> or <literal>Exp</literal> radio button. Be warned, however, that the next time you run <command>setup.exe</command> -it will try to replace old or experimental versions with the latest. +it will try to replace old or experimental versions with the current +stable version. </para> </sect2> |