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Ian Kelling wrote:
> Excerpt from ./setup-1.7.exe --help:
> -P --packages                          Specify packages to install
> -l --local-package-dir                 Local package directory
> 
> I know from the faq that -l takes an argument of the package directory. 
> This should be expressed in the --help output. Something like:
> 
> -l --local-package-dir DIR                Local package directory
> or
> -l --local-package-dir=DIRECTORY          Local package directory
> 
> Since I haven't seen an example of the -P options, and from the help I 
> have no idea if it means that there should be an argument to it naming a 
> package, or multiple packages.

-P Comma separated list of options with no spaces, like this:

-P=base,gcc-core,gvim

Ralph

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