2011/1/12 Larry Hall (Cygwin): > On 1/12/2011 3:14 PM, Trollope, David wrote: >> I've been toying with setting up a central repository of the cygwin >> packages we need in our environment so that folks don't have to pound >> the internet and directly download from cygwin.com all the time. >> >> I've done this by downloading the packages using setup.exe and then on >> secondary machines using the package directory for install using the >> local folder installation option. >> >> What I've noticed is this works great for the first install, but if the >> master downloads new packages, the secondary machines don't >> automatically install them - they show up in setup marked "Skip". >> Naturally this is great when installing from a network mirror where you >> don't want to default to installing everything - but our mini-mirror has >> just what we need. >> >> Is there a way to change the default handling of setup.exe to install >> every package it finds when using a local folder install?
Avoiding the initial skip, pre-select your private selection? My untested idea would be to provide a pre-filled /etc/setup/installed.db with the needed packages already there, with a release version one below, like -0 Or add a new group to your packages in the ini and select the group. (click on right of the name Default => Install) -- Reini Urban http://phpwiki.org/ http://murbreak.at/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
