X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_RX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4BB6C883.4020301@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:48:03 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Making package installation default References: <4BB681CA.2090208@bopp.net> <4BB6C3D4.8000003@cygwin.com> In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 On 4/3/2010 12:34 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > 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!). Indeed! FWIW, 'setup.exe' did run under Wine in Linux the last time I tried it. It's been a little while since I tried that, so things may have changed. And that's only possibly helpful if you have access to Linux at home. ;-) > 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? One can always ask. If you don't mind fiddling around with the setup.ini file, then the key thing is to edit this file and change the category of the desired packages to "Base". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple