Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <002e01c0e71b$39b57360$562fa4cb@brasd1.vic.optushome.com.au> From: "Travis Howell" To: References: <20010527031018.A14119@redhat.com> <00af01c0e680$0afc8ea0$562fa4cb@brasd1.vic.optushome.com.au> <001d01c0e70e$c2eacca0$562fa4cb@brasd1.vic.optushome.com.au> Subject: Re: Setup.exe v2.56 Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 12:09:28 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 > > The previous version of Cygwin setup didn't have this limitation, is there > > any chance or adding back support for it ? > > Ummm, How long ago are you talking about - Most of the setups I have worked > with since this new version (GUI) began (I believe) have used the method of the > subdirectories and the setup.ini. When you use setup to download the files it > automatically keeps a copy of the setup.ini file for you. The last released Cygwin setup version (2.29) works fine without sub directories or setup.ini. > > The main reason I ask is using the above method allows setup to easy manage > > installation and uninstallation of any Cygwin binary tarballs, including > > This can still be done I believe - Create the subdirectory under your > downloaded files directory and place the appropriate tarball there and modify > your local copy of setup.ini to have an entry for the package you want to > install with the appropriate directory entry and other flags you see in the > setup.ini. > > bk But won't that changes be overwriten each time setup.ini is updated on Cygwn FTP sites ? -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple