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On 2025-08-12 23:28, Jeremy Drake via Cygwin wrote:
> At least a non-obvious behavior.  It seems that packages explicitly
> selected via the `-P` command line argument are recorded in
> /etc/setup/installed.db with `0` in the 3rd column, where packages
> explicitly selected via the GUI are recorded with a `1` in that column.

Possibly because setup in that mode can not decide whether each package is 
really a dependency or selection?

Do we need a pick fragment e.g. -P pkg=ver#[01] or option --pick[=]{0|1}?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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