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RESEND - NOW WITH SPELLING MISTAKES FIXED...

Christoph Herdeg wrote:
> Hello Jonathan,
> 
> I can't stand seeing this question come up every week again... Yes, this is
> definitely possible, but due to Cygwin's completely crappy installer
> (setup.exe) it's a real pain in the ass. Given is a destination directory
> of "c:\cygwin":
> 
> - First you need to create a customized installation on one machine using
> the "Download Only" option in setup.exe.

Hold it right there. No - Back up one step. Then read Dave Korn's reply
about using setup.exe and it's wonderful assortment of command line
switches.

OK, now test out a few of these switches on a clean install machine.

See how you can easily specify a place to put the downloaded
packages, how you can tell the installer where to get packages
from, how to tell it which packages you want, and even where to put
them on the local user's machine.

Imagine having a standard base install batch file for all your users,
then customized versions for certain departments.

Then imagine doing this all with nothing more complicated than
a simple .bat file.

While you are busy hacking out a complex, hard to maintain scheme
for doing a custom install, I'll be sipping a latte and dreaming
of a world where everyone takes the time to think about using the
tools at hand instead of chipping their own axe out of rocks....

Ralph

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