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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:58:53 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-fse AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How to install packages...
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 06:50:54PM -0700, Bruce Alderson wrote:
>> Eureka!  Batch operations!
>
>Oh, heh, my suggestion may not have come out right.  I meant something
>like: setup --all or --all-dev  ... so that one could use setup from the
>shell, from a script, remotely, etc. 

Your suggestion came out fine.  It has just been suggested hundreds of
times in the past.

We're about to zap another of the frequently suggested enhancements
(FSE) now, so we were looking for a suitable substitute.  This should
fill the void nicely.

cgf

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