DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 delorie.com 57DGhYBX2085990 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: delorie.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 delorie.com 57DGhYBX2085990 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=cygwin.com header.i=@cygwin.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=Gz9kdErB X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 9E3183858D39 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1755103413; bh=8MpaVRXYFYCAW77pLmC3eN6ODUjy/QWtr0oO4IW0i9U=; h=Date:Subject:References:Cc:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To: From; b=Gz9kdErBfUCMfGfsCnYGCdboSnZE83EpqdMefGxhk7OaLe+OcrzfPnZZRjcfEeJxQ 5DnQB1NhGiUQ+L+rxqPqBY1uVNDsk1ETZwBetoCDJG7KdGBamK3CXsnO1VGfVrK1eR uyNtDFReUlwxghJs2i0LGmd1rHM+sHk+kmJcf0VQ= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 8C6063858D20 ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 8C6063858D20 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1755103358; cv=none; b=vqX8FSv1qOw7fMVaDkXYXEvTRE75bjITdtL07KOYITkjyZjOGmf5IgeF5FgUXAC+4iZJn1GQVlQYDOkikL1x24FjjzxmdrEDKdyUpDMSmGi08AcGczVgx8fzm85LTjinAaWRq2+oU23OFMqyCmsNmU6OnopLAnQVptQnRM/N3IY= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1755103358; c=relaxed/simple; bh=U0QUjOqRCsVqyyzNxr0rqFO83Y991eQqbZ0y8FUQGvk=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:From; b=LSblPAJ+Bc4TY14fH4Arturm98hU7PGrmOoY1EDREok+etTVdLdlXf3o/PsU4V3Q0sv0oAbDIv2WE1tb39gYdUmwPidXVJd07mym6Bx1uqtnV6kHuILer77CuY0sGgBVdJVeVuyEm26VLGAlDRzk/9dJ0r1XAV8eMlZCdQS7s4I= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 8C6063858D20 X-SNCR-Rigid: 6864BBE20493968A X-Originating-IP: [86.144.41.51] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.144.41.51 X-OWM-Env-Sender: jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=30/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdefgddufeekjedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecumhhishhsihhnghcuvffquchfihgvlhguucdlfedtmdenucfjughrpefkffggfgfufhfhvegjtgfgsehtkeertddtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeeuteejkeelvdduleduffeuvdeluedtfeegveevfeehjedvleffvefhudduteeuhfenucfkphepkeeirddugeegrdeguddrhedunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddutdelngdpihhnvghtpeekiedrudeggedrgedurdehuddpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhrvghvkffrpehhohhsthekiedqudeggedqgeduqdehuddrrhgrnhhgvgekiedqudeggedrsghttggvnhhtrhgrlhhplhhushdrtghomhdprghuthhhpghushgvrhepjhhonhhtuhhrnhgvhiessghtihhnthgvrhhnvghtrdgtohhmpdhgvghokffrpefiuedpoffvtefjohhsthepsghtphhrughrghhotddtkedpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepuddprhgtphhtthhopegthihgfihinhestgihghifihhnrdgtohhm X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 30 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:42:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: possible setup bug in /etc/setup/installed.db contents References: <428bac49-d577-46fc-9c1c-3d43767c8609 AT SystematicSW DOT ab DOT ca> Content-Language: en-US Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <428bac49-d577-46fc-9c1c-3d43767c8609@SystematicSW.ab.ca> X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Jon Turney via Cygwin Reply-To: Jon Turney Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces~archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 57DGhYBX2085990 On 13/08/2025 06:57, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > On 2025-08-12 23:28, Jeremy Drake via Cygwin wrote: >> At least a non-obvious behavior.  It seems that packages explicitly >> selected via the `-P` command line argument are recorded in >> /etc/setup/installed.db with `0` in the 3rd column, where packages >> explicitly selected via the GUI are recorded with a `1` in that column. > > Possibly because setup in that mode can not decide whether each package > is really a dependency or selection? No, I think this is just a bug. If the package is listed in after a '-P' option, it's been "explicitly selected by the user", so this flag should be set to record that. (In fact, I have a vague memory of fixing something like this once already) > Do we need a pick fragment e.g. -P pkg=ver#[01] or option --pick[=]{0|1}? I'd consider a patch for the second form, an explicit '--record-use-picks-(enable|disable)' option, although it seems a bit excessive. -- 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