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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:16:23 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: setup.ini, setup.hint, and update-setup
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Chris,

[Sorry, for chiming in late, but I have been on vacation for the last 5
days.]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 05:36:34PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I'm not going to guarantee that update-setup is around for the long haul.
> That's one reason why it is not publicly available.

I have found it very useful to be able to generate "private" setup.ini
files via update-setup.  For example:

    update-setup /misc/cygwin jt

splices a "jt" branch onto my local Cygwin mirror.

Do you envision any way to accomplish this, when (and if) update-setup
meets its demise?  Note that I'm quite willing to do the work -- I'm just
trying to make sure that the necessary hooks are in place in whatever
will be generating setup.ini going forward.

Thanks,
Jason