[Xastir] Cygwin

[tbaggett at jump.net]

> On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 tbaggett at jump.net wrote:
> 
> > The Cygwin setup will now list all Xfree86 packages under
> > ZZZRemoved_Packages. When you update your Cygwin, simply select
> > the new Xorg-X11 packages, and keep the ZZZRemoved_Packages
> > selected so setup will remove the old Xfree86 packages.
> 
> I don't understand that.  You need to keep those selected?  I went
> to a Win2k box that had a previous installation on it, deselected
> those packages, selected the xorg packages, and it worked.
> 


It's always possible that I am confused about the details.

However, this is the idea I got while reading a recent thread on the subject in the Cygwin-Apps list. This thread was discussing the ZZZRemoved_Packages name and ideas for enabling the package by default and shading the package so a user could not deselect it.

Thread starts here for those interested:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-04/msg00034.html

As far as I know, the directory structure of the X packages did not change, just the package organization and name did. So, perhaps it is possible to install Xorg-X11 packages over the Xfree86 packages as you illustrated, but they were trying to be safe by uninstalling the previous package first. Cygwin does authomatically uninstall old packages when updating to a newer package of the same name. In the case of a name change, this wouldn't occur.

Tim