On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 10:29:35PM -0700, James R. Phillips wrote: >--- Christopher Faylor wrote: >>I've checked in a setup.exe ini file/hint file parser into the >>cygwin-apps repository: >> > >Oh, I think I see now what you have in mind. Start a local repository >with a net install, then add some local packages to it temporarily with >genini, and do an install from the local directory to test the local >packages. Next net install will wipe the local packages out of >setup.ini. > >If that's what it is for, I guess you don't need more functionality to >write an initial setup.ini. It makes a way to test some local packages >with setup.exe, without creating an entire new package repository for >them.
As the subject says, what I had in mind was a "lint" program for people who want to make sure that their setup.hint files are correct, i.e., genini --output=newsetup.ini setup.ini `find octave -name 'setup.hint' -printf "%h\n"` You don't need a whole copy of the repository. As usual, it's a good idea to *try it* before speculating about what it does. cgf
