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> > Is there some way I can re-create one big setup.ini file from my current > > computer, and just have setup use that on the new computer ? > > =A0Yes. =A0The information about which packages you actually have install= ed lives > in /etc/setup/installed.db. =A0If you copy over the installed.db from the= old > machine to the new one (in the correct place where it's going to live in = the > eventual new cygwin installation, i.e. C:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db if > you're going to install to C:\cygwin), run setup.exe, tell it to install = from > the local package dir that you've already copied across and on the choose= r page > click 'reinstall' at the top level of the package tree view, it should th= en > install the same set of packages. Excellent tip - thank you DaveK.. I will use this one. Rob :) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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