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Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:19:35 -0500
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Subject:	Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?
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Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
>> On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
>>> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
>>> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
>>> current working directory?]
>> It refers to the local directory containing all the packages
>> in the directory structure you get when you download packages.
>> So it is neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located
>> not the current working directory.
> 
> If it's neither the current working directory nor the directory
> where setup.exe is located, then how does setup.exe know where
> to find it?

Are you only interested in knowing where the local directory defaults
to the first time it is run on a machine without a Cygwin installation?
If so, then yes, it is CWD.  Otherwise, the local directory is the local
package directory where packages were downloaded last time, which may
not be the synonymous with the CWD at the time that you start 'setup.exe'.
In any case, the local directory to use is stored in
'/etc/setup/last-cache'.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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