X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: mjD.OBqswBAPbVUxYJaYPvc61jLEnpq8VnBwJGdbEJOPA9xw Message-ID: <4BED3636.5090408@sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:38:30 +0000 From: Greg Chicares User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Anyone interrested in a package manager? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 2010-05-14 11:23Z, Alexander T wrote: [...] > I'm going crazy needing to use the installer every time I forgot to > install a program, and also dealing with version upgrades and > conflicting versions. The installer.exe is also clunky when it comes > to selecting in batch etc. > > It would also be great to make your own repos and update cygwin > locally from the repo, like the setup.exe 'local install' does, but > then command-line based. Have you investigated setup.exe's command-line options, which can be displayed by 'setup --help'? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple