Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com https://snipplr.com/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:05:25 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/20488/zero-version-numbers-to-clone-cygwin-installation <p>A Cygwin installation can be cloned by copying `/etc/setup/installed.db` and zeroing all version numbers, then running the installation utility. The following `sed` script will set the version of most packages to zero. Some non-standard version numbers will not be affected and have to be zeroed by hand.</p> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:35:28 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/20488/zero-version-numbers-to-clone-cygwin-installation