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From: "Patrick J. LoPresti" <patl AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Wishlist additions for setup.exe
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Date: 20 Apr 2004 09:55:45 -0400
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How about command-line switches for unattended installation?  This
would be useful for deploying Cygwin in any non-toy environment.

It should be as simple as applying Edward Peschko's patches:

    http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg00261.html

The "-a" option is the vital one.  Downloading via GUI is not so bad
since you only do it once per version.  Installing via GUI, on the
other hand, makes large-scale deployment impossible without bad and
fragile hacks (like GUI automation tools).

 - Pat

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