Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: setup.exe question/feature request From: Robert Collins To: Pat Gunn Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.99.2 (Preview Release) Date: 18 Dec 2001 01:10:59 +1100 Message-Id: <1008598260.548.21.camel@lifelesswks> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Dec 2001 14:10:51.0666 (UTC) FILETIME=[A25C4720:01C18704] On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 23:48, Pat Gunn wrote: > Hi, didn't see this in the FAQ, and wasn't sure what to > search for in the archive. > > Is it possible to make a manifest file of 'what to install' > for setup.exe? I have a network of several boxen that ideally > would have the exact same setup, with the installer able to > run without manual package selection. If not, I hereby request > this as a feature. You can use the technique I described about 2 hours ago to do this (with the next release of setup). BTW: file:// url's are supported for mirror site locations. Also if you were to contribute to the command line options work for setup, that would allow script driven installs. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/