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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com>
Subject: Re: Making package installation default
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:34:43 -0700
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On 04/02/2010 09:28 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 'setup.exe' doesn't support the GUI you're supposing. 
Huh? When I run setup.exe I get a GUI - one we all know and love!
> So it's the command line option or PTC. ;-)  I would think a batch 
> file that one can point and click on would satisfy the "point and 
> clicky" crowd but I'm sure you understand your users better than I.
>
> 'setup.exe --help' at a command line will give you the list of 
> possible options.
I'll poke around at this when I get back to work. I don't run Windows at 
home anymore (Well I do have a Win 7 install on a dual boot but this is 
the weekend after all!).

And yes a .bat file that you double click would probably suffice however 
there is something in the whole setup structure that make certain 
packages install by default (e.g. bash.exe) and other packages come up 
as "Skip" (i.e. OpenSSH). I'd like to toggle it on for OpenSSH and rxvt 
such that when setup.exe runs and they get to the package selection 
screen, it says the version number for these and will install them by 
default (IOW it won't list them as "Skip"). Is that too much to ask?
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
If you can survive death, you can probably survive anything.


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