Custom package repository in addition to default Cygwin packages?

Andrey Repin anrdaemon@yandex.ru
Fri Dec 22 19:22:23 GMT 2023


Greetings, marco atzeri!

>> Can Cygwin setup.exe be modified to support more than one package
>> repository, e.g. first the default Cygwin package repro, and then a
>> company package repro (e.g. fr.pasteur.cygwin.packages ?).

> no need to change. It is already feasible as you can specify multiple URLs
> (with multiples -s switches)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> $ ./setup.x86_64 --help

> Cygwin setup 2.928

> Command Line Options:
> ..
>  -O --only-site                    Do not download mirror list.  Only use sites
>                                    specified with -s
> ..
> -s --site                         Download site URL, path or UNC path

> The default is to both download and install packages, unless either
> --download or --local-install is specified.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------

The problem is that the --help list do not mention the possibility to use
multiple -s switches.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, December 22, 2023 22:21:36

Sorry for my terrible english...



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