Re: Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN)

Hi, Sorry to dredge up this thread from a few months ago, but I found myself wanting to comment on more than just the segment I was originally intending to cut and paste into a new discussion. On 28/08/2009 7:50 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:02:08PM +0100, Dave Korn w

Re: Adding packages

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 03:27:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 08/28/2009 02:55 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: >>>which would require some volunteer effort to make it happen. >> >>Don't think I've got spare cycles to commit, unfortunately. > >Yes, this is a common problem and a recurring theme. I

Re: Adding packages

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 08/28/2009 02:55 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: >> Larry Hall: >>> Adding a link to shouldn't be allot of >>> work >>> and may help if the menu was properly named. >> >> Good idea. I'll throw a name into the ring: "Cygwin package manager". > > W

Re: Adding packages

On 08/28/2009 02:55 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: Larry Hall: Adding a link to shouldn't be allot of work and may help if the menu was properly named. Good idea. I'll throw a name into the ring: "Cygwin package manager". While I personally would think that's fine, I'm n

Re: Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN)

Larry Hall: > Adding a link to shouldn't be allot of work > and may help if the menu was properly named. Good idea. I'll throw a name into the ring: "Cygwin package manager". > Beyond that requires significant changes to 'setup.exe' What would be needed beyond the p

Re: Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN)

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:02:08PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >Andy Koppe wrote: >>> How to install is here: >>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html >> >>I don't think it's terribly obvious that you simply need to run >>setup.exe again to add more packages after initial installation. This

Re: Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN)

On 08/27/2009 02:59 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: How to install is here: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html I don't think it's terribly obvious that you simply need to run setup.exe again to add more packages after initial installation. This is not a common thing to do with other installer

Re: Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN)

Andy Koppe wrote: >> How to install is here: >> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html > > I don't think it's terribly obvious that you simply need to run > setup.exe again to add more packages after initial installation. This > is not a common thing to do with other installers, and with s

Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN)

> How to install is here: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html I don't think it's terribly obvious that you simply need to run setup.exe again to add more packages after initial installation. This is not a common thing to do with other installers, and with some installers this might ev