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Upgrade Cygwin packages with a simple alias
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| echo 'alias upgrade-cygwin="wget https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe -O ~/setup-x86_64.exe; chmod +x ~/setup-x86_64.exe; ~/setup-x86_64.exe --no-desktop --no-shortcuts --no-startmenu --quiet-mode --upgrade-also --delete-orphans; echo Now close Cygwin."' >> ~/.bashrc |
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--timestamping- then it will check the last-modified headers (which cygwin.org does provide) and only download setup if your setup actually is out of date, it makes the upgrade much faster if you have an up-to-date setup.exe ^^fwiw my C:\cygwin64\setup.bat contains