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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'?

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