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Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 12:02:55 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
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To: Rasjid Wilcox <rasjidw@openminddev.net>
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Subject: Re: Problem with cygwin1.dll and xfree
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Rasjid Wilcox wrote:


> That way, if I install program A which depends on the cygwin1.dll, and then 
> install program B (which has an older version of cygwin1.dll) it just leaves 
> the newer version there.  If I then install program C which requires a newer 
> version, the dll is then updated by the automated setup.exe.  If I then 
> install Cygwin via Setup.exe, it just notices that I already have the 
> cygwin1.dll and only updates it if necessary.
> 
> I think that basically what would be required would be to enable Setup.exe to 
> be controlled by a config file (similar to a RedHat kickstart file), and have 
> its GUI not displayed unless there was a problem and user interaction was 
> required.
> 
>


This is a good idea -- and the skeleton is already there.  What you need is
   1) first, command-line options that can completely control setup's 
behavior from start to finish.  Robert wrote and entirely separate 
GPL'ed option handler in OO C++ (all existing getopt/popt 
implementations are C, or C-dressed-up-as-C++).  There are even a few 
commandline options already implemented.  It just needs fleshing out

   2) Then, add the ability to read all of those options from a config 
file, including pkgs-to-install.  (This may actually already exist as 
part of Roberts GetOpt++ project)

So, help out with #1 above. <g>

--Chuck




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