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Subject: Re: Running Cygwin's "setup.exe" on a new computer
To: Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer DOT woitok AT gmail DOT com>
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From: Marco Atzeri <marco DOT atzeri AT gmail DOT com>
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 14:06:22 +0200
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On 02/09/2015 12:53, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Marco,
>
> On Tuesday, 2015-09-01 15:57:03 +0200, you wrote:
>
>> ...
>> $ cygcheck -cd |  awk 'BEGIN{printf("setup-x86_64.exe ")} {if (NR>2) {
>> printf ("-P " $1 " ") }} END { printf ("\r\n pause ")}' > cyg-install-x86_64.bat
>
> Even if I slightly compress the command line created that way by using a
> single "-P" option  followed by the  string of  comma separated  package
> names, I end up with a command line consisting of some 16700 characters!
> I'm not at  all sure how Windows  and/or "setup-x86*.exe" would react to
> that.

My W7 64bit had no complain for 23004 byte line

;-)

> Besides,  since "cygcheck" apparently  finds the relevant information in
> some file, and "setup-x86*.exe"  apparently finds the relevant informat-
> ion in some file, too,  it would perhaps  be way easier to  just provide
> the correct file in the correct location on the new machine.
>
> Any ideas along these lines, anybody?

https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-09/msg00023.html

>
> Sincerely,
>    Rainer
>

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