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From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Latest update trashed my cygwin install
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to James Garrison on 2/6/2006 12:25 PM:
> >
> > One question: Can the installer be fed a list of packages to install,
> > or otherwise configured with a different default set of selections?
>
> This is starting to become a FAQ.  It is possible to create a custom
> setup.ini to feed to setup.exe, with all packages you want marked as part
> of the Base package, at which point setup will automatically select those
> packages (and their dependencies).  Search this list for more details.

Even simpler -- you only need *one* package in Base that "requires:" all
the packages you need.  The required packages will be selected
automatically.  Just create a setup.ini with this one pseudo-package, put
it somewhere that can be accessed via http/ftp, and add that location to
your selected mirrors.
HTH,
	Igor
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