X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:19:17 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Can I install cygwin from my own setup.ini? Message-ID: <20090612141917.GD26444@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A201BCE5EB3A AT NIHMLBX02 DOT nih DOT gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:16:55PM +0800, Pan ruochen wrote: >Well, I was always confused in selecting/deselecting packages during >setup. And I often got the information about some package is required >by another in the final step. So I decided to try patching the setup >source code to make the setup more easy for me (and maybe for other >people). > >Until now I've added a package filter to the setup. The filter reads >the package names from an user defined configuration file `setup.ame' >if this file exists in the current diretory, removes all unnecessary >packages from `setup.ini' before feeding the setup information to the >ini parser. In the package chooser screen, only the packages expected >by the user as well as their depent packages are seen. Make all >packages are set as 'Install' or 'Reinstall' status and go next until >download and setup are finished. >Without the `setup.ame' file in the current directory, the setup >process are as the same as normal. > >I would be very pleased to offer the setup patched binary excutable as >well as the patched source package, if anyone gets in the same trouble >as me during cygwin setup. Hopefully you'll be offering a mailing list for discussing problems with your patched setup.exe as well. It really isn't appropriate here. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/