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From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf.Habacker@freenet.de>,
   "Cygwin" <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: setup.exe suggestions
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:14:51 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf.Habacker@freenet.de>

> > > 2) A way to quickly select/deselect all packages; I went to make a
> > bare Cygwin installation, and deselecting almost every package was
> > v.tiresome!
> >
...> >
> Perhaps it might be good to have a possibility to select predefined
> configurations like suse linux yast allow.
> For example
> basic
> web environment
> delevopment
> xfree

It exists already. It's just that no groupings have been created. To
create one, simply make a package with no files, ie an empty tarball,
and dependencies.

Rob


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