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[rurban: Re: setup.exe command line parameters]
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:25:46 -0400
- Subject: [rurban: Re: setup.exe command line parameters]
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
The patch that Reini mentions here seems to have languished. It seems
like it could be pretty useful. Is anyone willing to review it?
cgf
----- Forwarded message from Reini Urban -----
Dave Korn schrieb:
> Ralph Hempel wrote on 20 June 2008 20:21:
>> Long story short, I ended up using a hacked older version of setup.exe
>> that accepted a -p parameter and a list of packages. It worked great!
>>
>> Is there a compelling reason why that patch can't be applied to the
>> current setup and released? Are there security or stability issues
>> I'm not thinking about?
>>
>> That being said, I CAN run setup.exe in unattended quiet mode and
>> get a BASE cygwin install done, and I'm quite happy with that. But
>> I'd really, really like to specify packages on the command line.
>>
>> Can I help by offering to update the patch to the current setup?
> Absolutely, yes, please! If you post it to the cygwin-apps list, with a
> ChangeLog entry, I'll see what we can do about getting it applied.
You mean the patch from
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.applications/16502 ?
----- End forwarded message -----