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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Bertalan Fodor" <fodber AT freemail DOT hu>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Setup.exe quiet mode
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:53:30 -0000
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Bertalan Fodor wrote:
> Hello,
>
> how can I tell setup.exe in quiet mode to install e.g. the current
> version of lilypond with all of its dependencies. I'm thinking of
> something like this:
>
> setup.exe -q -l g:\setup-cygwin -R c:\cygwin -s
> http://favoritemirror.sg.com lilypond

No way exists at present.

You can fake it by hacking /etc/setup/installed.db to fool setup into 
thinking version 0.0-0 of lilypond is installed, and then setup will 
'upgrade' it when run. But you mess around with setup's internal data files 
at your own risk.

Max.


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