X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org DBDE13858D28 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dinwoodie.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dinwoodie.org Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 18:05:59 +0000 From: Adam Dinwoodie To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Switch to a new PC Message-ID: <20220209180559.fpct3h75glg4rvuh@lucy.dinwoodie.org> References: <1c710a38-0f55-e150-ea6d-83ce8de48557 AT towo DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, PDS_RDNS_DYNAMIC_FP, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: cygwin-bounces+archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:12:28PM +0100, Vanda Vodkamilkevich wrote: > On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 13:12 AM marco.atzeri wrote: > > >> I wouldn't expect most tools to work on special files in /dev. Even tar > >> fails on /proc, it would begin to pack your local registry... > >> Make a basic installation on the new system, then sync the rest. > >> An even cleaner way might be to clone your installation via setup, using > >> /etc/setup/installed.db - maybe someone has a script for that - > >> and then just sync the /home hierarchy. > > > >script I wrote some time ago for re-installation > > > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46829532/cygwin-save-package-selections-for-later-reinstall/ > > > > > Just for the record: > I just played with the script provided in stackoverflow which generates a > bat file, and it seems that the behaviour of the '-P' switch of setup has > changed because now it explicitely needs the version of the package (at > least for me it didn't worked without the version number: " -P > package=version_as_seen_by_cygcheck") . Can someone (probably Jon Turney) > confirm this usage of the '-P' switch (BTW the mandatory '=' is explained > nowhere - Nor in 'setup -h' or the setup web pages - and can be seen only > in the source code). I don't think this is correct. I use the setup program's -P option regularly, including with the latest 2.917 release, and it successfully installs packages. Indeed, I've just tried running it to install 2048-cli (given it's a package I know I don't have installed) and it successfully installed the package without specifying a version number. Can you give a bit more information about exactly what commands you're running, what you're expecting to happen, and what precisely happens instead? > By needing the version number the script on stackoverflow will then > generate a "too long" command in the bat file and it will crash; I had to > modify it manually to split the command line in 4 ... > Note on the script: if you forgot to run it before loosing your cygwin > tree, it can still work after a 'Base' installation if you kept the old > installed.db file and replace (temporary) the actual installed.db with this > one :) -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple