Jon Turney sent the following at Wednesday, January 31, 2018 9:02 AM >On 31/01/2018 06:18, Fergus Daly wrote: [...] >> >> The setup program does seem to take a long time, even when it just >> means "update" and even when there's nothing to update. Here's what >> happens in unattended mode: > > These tasks are supposed to identify when they have no work to do, and > do nothing quickly. It seems that is not always the case.
Recently brought up: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-01/msg00274.html It seems that this behavior is by design. https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-01/msg00275.html FWIW, I still wouldn't mind having a command line option that skips rebase and postinstall scripts when nothing has been updated. Thanks, - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
