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45 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Christian Franke d908a30fdc winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml: align help text with setup 2.919 2022-07-07 13:10:46 +02:00
Jon Turney 7e8031a5fd
Cygwin: doc: drop mention of 32-bit installer
Drop mention of 32-bit installer, since it's offically discouraged, and
planned to be dropped soon.

Adjust various references to be something more generic, like 'the Cygwin
Setup program' to accommodate this.
2022-01-12 19:17:10 +00:00
Brian Inglis 6329d546dd winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml, faq-using.xml: update setup FAQ
change all kinds of setup references to "the Cygwin Setup program";
emphasize 64 bit and deemphasize 32 bit;
update options list;
explain why installing everything is now extremely inadvisable, with stats
2020-08-26 10:08:13 +02:00
Achim Gratz 5325111d03 Remove some dangerous advice from the FAQ 2017-09-02 20:41:43 +02:00
Jon Turney f4fb7b93ef Update and sort list of cygwin setup command line options. 2017-06-22 16:04:20 +01:00
Jon Turney c549e953a9 Fix some broken links in Cygwin FAQ
GNU no longer encourages the use of documentation mirrors, to avoid
referring to obsolete documentation.  Also www.fsf.org/manual/ is
just a redirect to www.gnu.org/manual/

Links to using-utils.html #fragments are no longer correct as each utility
is now a separate page, since 646745cb.

indiana.edu seems to have moved XLiveCD information, without a redirect.

Linking to clean_setup.pl on cygwin.com doesn't work, as direct downloads
aren't allowed, so instead state where it can be found on a mirror.

Signed-off-by: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
2016-12-15 13:02:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 54c284caf2 Remove XP and Server 2003 from documentation
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
2016-06-24 23:21:10 +02:00
Corinna Vinschen 83029bb69e Remove references to older Cygwin releases from documentation
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
2016-03-18 22:52:04 +01:00
David A. Wheeler f33e34f333 Add FAQ entry on how Cygwin counters install and update MITM attacks
* faq-setup.xml: Document how Cygwin secures installation and
	update against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.  Note that
	setup embeds a public key to check the signature of setup.ini,
	and that setup.ini includes SHA-512 cryptographic hashes.

Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
2015-04-23 21:57:11 +02:00
Corinna Vinschen db9a8c9983 * Throughout, replace http with https as far as cygwin.com and
sourceware.org URLs are concerned.
	* Throughout, simplify ulink expressions if the visible text is the
	URL anyway.
	* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.dll-relocatable): Remove.
	* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.name-with-space): Change for 1.7.34.
	(faq.setup.home): Ditto.
	* faq-using.xml (faq.using.printing): Clarify old links and availability
	of a2ps and file.
	(faq.using.xemacs): Drop outdated version info and pointers to native
	XEmacs.
	(faq.using.ntemacs): Remove.
	* faq-what.xml (faq.what.what): Rephrase to reflect reality.
	(faq.what.supported): Ditto.
	(faq.what.who): Rephrase slightly.
	* legal.xml: Bump copyright.
	* setup-net.xml (internet-setup): Fix references to setup executables.
2015-02-03 13:48:43 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 1391f2b254 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.upgrade-mountpoints): Remove.
* pathnames.xml (pathnames-mount-ex): Remove note about 1.5->1.7
	registry mount point updates.
2014-12-08 10:55:03 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen f092b3ddf3 * cygwin.xsl: Allow 3 section levels in TOC.
* new-features.xml: (ov-new1.7.32): Add new section.
	* ntsec.xml: Rename top-level section to reflect extension of topics.
	Remove old /etc/passwd, /etc/group considerations.  Add new sections
	explaining Windows to POSIX account mapping.  Make setuid sections
	third level sections.
	* pathnames.xml: Note new method of account mapping for fstab.d/$USER.
	* faq-setup.xml: Rework references to /etc/passwd and /etc/group to
	reflect changes to account handling.
	* faq-using.xml: Ditto.
2014-07-30 11:07:34 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 25833f57c1 * faq-setup.xml: Minor snapshot instruction rewording. Update discussion about
setup*.exe.
* faq-using.xml: Update information about setup*.exe.
* faq-what.xml: Ditto.
2014-01-29 19:01:53 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 8246caa942 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall-service): Describe how to unhook
cyglsa DLL from OS before uninstalling.
2013-11-12 22:21:32 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 4146cc5ce7 * faq-setup.xml: Throughout remove setup.exe, use setup or setup-x86...
instead.
	(faq.setup.cli): Reproduce latest --help output.
	(faq.setup.noroot): New section.
	(faq.setup.setup-fails-on-ts): Remove section.
	* setup-net.xml (internet-setup): Mention setup-x86{_64} in first
	paragraph.  Add note to allow using setup.exe in subsequent paragraphs.
	Add paragraph to introduce --no-admin option.
2013-11-11 12:48:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 47b7ed597c * faq-programming.xml: Convert url to refer to new flat faq.html file.
* faq-setup.xml: Ditto.
	* faq-using.xml: Ditto.
	* highlights.xml: Ditto.
2013-06-05 07:57:39 +00:00
Warren Young 8142972d87 Modernized user guide, API reference, and FAQ generation. Overall
effect is to move away from DocBook SGML and DJ Delorie's doctool and
toward pure DocBook XSL.  (There remains just one use of doctool, and
we have plans for replacing it, too.)  See ChangeLog for details.
2013-05-01 23:30:25 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 969dd6dff9 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.cli): Correct description of -pubkey option 2011-01-05 16:02:00 +00:00
Andy Koppe aab56a41cf * setup-net.sgml, faq-setup.xml: Rename setup.exe's "Partial"
view to "Pending"
2010-07-26 22:56:24 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 9a3628f50c * faq-setup.xml: Drop references to non-NT systems.
* faq-using.xml: Ditto.
	(faq.using.sshd-in-domain): New FAQ entry.
2010-01-25 17:04:29 +00:00
Christopher Faylor be0ca195b9 * faq-setup.xml: Add missing setup options. Sort options. 2010-01-15 18:47:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a3bb10f356 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.mirror): Fix URL to wget. 2009-12-14 17:15:51 +00:00
Christopher Faylor bfead37df4 * faq-setup.xml: Fix clean_setup.pl reference. 2009-10-26 11:57:33 +00:00
Christopher Faylor b8263d5874 * faq-setup.xml: Change clean_setup.pl reference. 2009-10-26 11:25:16 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen e710872955 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.disk-space): Fix URL pointing to
clean_setup.pl script.
2009-10-15 08:46:58 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 7bdb64ea18 * faq: Throughout, revert references to User's Guide to default URL. 2009-07-20 10:10:48 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 75da5017d7 Clean up some sources.redhat.com references. 2009-07-01 22:07:31 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen e192c48eec * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.setup-fails-on-ts): Fix another typo. 2009-06-24 07:57:03 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen f95b410d77 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.setup-fails-on-ts): Fix typo. 2009-06-24 07:49:37 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen f948b1050e * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.setup-failes-on-ts): Change rebaseall to
rebase.
2009-06-23 16:16:57 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen fe0dbf69f9 * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.setup-failes-on-ts): New FAQ entry. 2009-06-23 15:52:20 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen e8d534d51a * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.upgrade-mountpoints): New entry.
* faq-using.xml (faq.using.directory-structure): Align example to
	latest mount output.
	* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Add note about upgrade helper scripts
	to create /etc/fstab and /etc/fstab.f/${USER}.
2009-05-14 11:03:43 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen e1de7bfabd * faq-setup.xml: Fix entry explaing how the homedir is evaluated
according to recent change.
2009-05-06 12:02:51 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 3d69426491 * setup2.sgml (setup-locale-console): New section to explain
console character set setting.
	* faq: Throughout, change references to User's Guide to references
	to 1.7 User's Guide temporarily.
	* faq-setup.html (faq.using.unicode): Rephrase slightly.
	(faq.using.weirdchars): New FAQ entry for console charset problems.
2009-04-07 13:04:43 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 45105145e1 * faq-setup.xml: Revamp for Cygwin 1.7.
* faq-using.xml: Ditto.
2009-02-12 14:45:50 +00:00
Dave Korn e1e00b3373 * faq-using.xml (faq.using.bloda): New entry.
(faq.using.firewall, faq.using.anti-virus):  Link to faq.using.bloda.
	* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.hang):  Likewise link to faq.using.bloda.
2007-12-29 18:20:13 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 1e069c300d * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall): Mention Safe Mode
requirement for accessing the Security tab in XP Home.
        * faq-using.xml (faq.using.chmod): Mention FAT32.
2006-08-26 19:11:00 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 5d897c0f5c Add faq.setup.automated 2006-06-02 04:36:48 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 1f602210ea Mention new cygcheck -p option. 2006-02-02 04:45:25 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin aba373611c * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.ipc): Add new FAQ about
cygserver and its relation to the "Bad system call" error.
* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall-all): Mention postgresql.
* overview2.sgml: Update security info on shared memory.
2006-01-27 04:52:16 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 2ceb32d95a * faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.building-cygwin): Add
list of packages required for building and exact check instructions.
* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall-service): New instructions
on uninstalling a cygwin service.
(faq.setup.uninstall-all): Reference new service uninstall FAQ.
2006-01-26 04:39:04 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 6fbc5c2a9b * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.snapshots): Rename DLL using Windows tools. 2006-01-25 10:57:19 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin b22830942a * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.setup): Correct URL typo.
(faq.setup.snapshots): Clarify.
2006-01-13 03:55:23 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 33cf0e5519 * faq-setup.xml: Add note about clean_setup.pl.
* faq-using.xml: Remove unnecessary line of elisp.
2005-12-04 03:55:28 +00:00
Joshua Daniel Franklin 2041777dee Update to switch FAQ from texinfo to DocBook. 2005-08-06 05:14:41 +00:00