Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <014101c22d46$cee9e1b0$d500a8c0@study2> From: "Robert Collins" To: "Paul Butcher" , References: <0b3501c227a1$8975c590$2300a8c0@LAPTOP> Subject: Re: Setup.exe problem from local directory Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:02:45 +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-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Butcher" To: "Robert Collins" ; Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Setup.exe problem from local directory > > > Now rerunning setup it won't show any package in setup.ini except those > > > I've already got installed so I can't select installation of any new > > > packages. > > > > Even in the 'full' list? Sounds like it's not finding your setup.ini in > > your local package dir. > > > > Rob > > I obviously lost some of your reply above - but I found it will only work now > if the files are structured in exactly the same directories as given in > setup.ini. Previous versions of setup.exe have always allowed the > alternative approach of having all the files in one local directory. Huh? Setup allows two, and only two scenarios for 'local' installs a) one or more setup.ini exists, and the directories are laid out as per setup.ini b) no setup.ini exists, and the packages can be anywhere. If it doesn't work, then it's a bug. I'm not sure whether you are trying a) or b). Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/