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Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 
>> No, it's only the 289th time, which probably accounts for why you 
>> couldn't
>> find it with Google. ;-)  These kinds of features are missing from
>> 'setup.exe' because there hasn't been a volunteer contributor for them.
>> If you're interested in contributing something, see the link below:
> 
> OK, the update of setup is not supported, but setup DOES in fact
> allow fully command line based operation. I know because I moaned
> about it, collected and tested patches, and even contributed a minor
> fix to the option parsing.

That's true but I believe the OP was lamenting that there wasn't a
version that didn't still have the GUI even when run from the command
line.  If I'm wrong, then I'm sure you've made the OP's day. :-)

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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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