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R.Penney wrote:
> I have been developing a utility to help create customized subsets of
> Cygwin packages, which can be burned onto cdrom or dvd and used for
> installing or updating machines without any network connection. When
> given a list of Cygwin package names, the program downloads them and
> their dependencies, and regenerates a 'setup.ini' file together with
> a copy of 'setup.exe'.
> 
> The package is called 'pmcyg' (short for Cygwin Partial Mirror), and
> is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmcyg. There are
> still a few rough edges, but I hope the program will be of use and
> interest to some readers.

Sounds like a fine idea. I had need of something like this a year ago,
but ended up doing it Old School (e.g. by hand).  Thanks for making this
available.

--
Chuck




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