From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
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Subject: RE: setup.exe command line parameters
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:03:47 +0100
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Ralph Hempel wrote on 20 June 2008 20:21:

> Long story short, I ended up using a hacked older version of setup.exe
> that accepted a -p parameter and a list of packages. It worked great!
> 
> Is there a compelling reason why that patch can't be applied to the
> current setup and released? Are there security or stability issues
> I'm not thinking about?
> 
> That being said, I CAN run setup.exe in unattended quiet mode and
> get a BASE cygwin install done, and I'm quite happy with that. But
> I'd really, really like to specify packages on the command line.
> 
> Can I help by offering to update the patch to the current setup?

  Absolutely, yes, please!  If you post it to the cygwin-apps list, with a
ChangeLog entry, I'll see what we can do about getting it applied.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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