Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
I'm closing down this thread. -- 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

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-24 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, BGINFO4X! I still think this is a bad idea. I know what you're trying to do. You are basically trying to provide a solution using tools that you more or less understand rather than trying to work within the existing (admittedly crude) release structure to provide b

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-24 Thread BGINFO4X
Thanks Andrey for your reply. I prefer to send a direct mail to you to respond, they are a little "angry". 2014/1/23 Andrey Repin : > Greetings, BGINFO4X! > >>> I still think this is a bad idea. I know what you're trying to do. You >>> are basically trying to provide a solution using tools that

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 04:35:47PM +0100, BGINFO4X wrote: You're actually treading on thin ice here since you are trying to get help for a release that is not the subject of this mailing list. That makes this whole discussion pretty much off-topic. >>> >>>Yes, I'm sorry. I will move

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread Achim Gratz
Tom Schutter writes: > 1) Modify cygwin_setup_config.bat to match your site requirements. > 2) Copy cygwin_setup.bat and cygwin_setup_config.bat to a target host. > 3) Run cygwin_setup.bat on the target host. > 4) Repeat 2 and 3 on your other hosts. I've been doing something very similar for a whi

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, BGINFO4X! >> I still think this is a bad idea. I know what you're trying to do. You >> are basically trying to provide a solution using tools that you more or >> less understand rather than trying to work within the existing >> (admittedly crude) release structure to provide benefit t

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, BGINFO4X! >> not the least of which is that it will be a burden for you to keep >> up-to-date. > I will not try to keep up-to-date. Only "major releases" will produce > a new .msi. Upgrades should be done via "apt-cyg". apt-cyg is NOT a supported way of updating Cygwin installation.

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread BGINFO4X
>>> You're actually treading on thin ice here since you are trying to get >>> help for a release that is not the subject of this mailing list. That >>> makes this whole discussion pretty much off-topic. >> >>Yes, I'm sorry. I will move the discussion to cygwin-talk list if you >>don't mind. > > Ac

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:21:47AM +0100, BGINFO4X wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 06:48:02PM +0100, BGINFO4X wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. >If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. > >These are the main

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread Chris J. Breisch
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 07:17:29PM -0700, Tom Schutter wrote: Kitizo, I have an alternative solution that you may find helpful. I have created a batch file that automates the process of installing and updating cygwin. You can find the batch files at: https://github.

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread BGINFO4X
cfg wrote: > Have I asked before if this is something that you'd like to put in the > release? I'm sure you could get the requisite number of votes to > include it. > > +1 Ok, I'm thinking about it. Regards. > cgf > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ:

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread BGINFO4X
> Kitizo, I have an alternative solution that you may find helpful. I > have created a batch file that automates the process of installing and > updating cygwin. You can find the batch files at: > https://github.com/tschutter/AppData/tree/master/bin Kizito better. :) > The specific files you

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread BGINFO4X
>> -> Larry wrote: >> >>> Certainly this would have the potential to interfere with any existing >>> Cygwin installation. >> >> >> I have read that you can have more than one installation of cywgin in >> a single machine... > > > Yes, if it is managed properly. If not, bad things can still happen

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-23 Thread BGINFO4X
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 06:48:02PM +0100, BGINFO4X wrote: Hello everyone, I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. These are the main lines: 1- Create an installation windows package (.msi)

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 07:17:29PM -0700, Tom Schutter wrote: >Kitizo, I have an alternative solution that you may find helpful. I >have created a batch file that automates the process of installing and >updating cygwin. You can find the batch files at: > https://github.com/tschutter/AppData/tre

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-22 Thread Tom Schutter
Kitizo, I have an alternative solution that you may find helpful. I have created a batch file that automates the process of installing and updating cygwin. You can find the batch files at: https://github.com/tschutter/AppData/tree/master/bin The specific files you need are: https://github.co

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 1/22/2014 12:43 PM, BGINFO4X wrote: -> Larry wrote: Certainly this would have the potential to interfere with any existing Cygwin installation. I have read that you can have more than one installation of cywgin in a single machine... Yes, if it is managed properly. If not, bad things ca

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 06:48:02PM +0100, BGINFO4X wrote: >>>Hello everyone, >>> >>>I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. >>>If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. >>> >>>These are the main lines: >>> >>>1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX.

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-22 Thread BGINFO4X
>>Hello everyone, >> >>I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. >>If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. >> >>These are the main lines: >> >>1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX. >> >>2- Default Installed packages: base + admin + apt-cyg. >>The

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-22 Thread BGINFO4X
-> Larry wrote: > Certainly this would have the potential to interfere with any existing > Cygwin installation. I have read that you can have more than one installation of cywgin in a single machine... > Also, it's not clear to me that the post-installscripts for the packages > you're bundling

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 06:45:46PM +0100, Kizito Porta Balany? wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. >If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. > >These are the main lines: > >1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX. > >

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-21 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 1/21/2014 2:52 PM, BGINFO4X wrote: Hello everyone, I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. These are the main lines: 1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX. 2- Default Installed packages: base + ad

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-21 Thread BGINFO4X
>> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. >> If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. >> >> These are the main lines: >> >> 1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX. >> >> 2- Default Installed packages: base + admin + apt-cyg.

Re: AdminCygwin Release

2014-01-21 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 1/21/2014 12:45 PM, Kizito Porta BalanyĆ  wrote: Hello everyone, I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin. If it works, I will upload to sourceforge. These are the main lines: 1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX. 2- Default Installed packag