Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 03:07:10PM -0800, Brolin Empey wrote: >[deleted] Please. There was little in this message that was on-topic for the cygwin mailing list. Please use the cygwin-talk mailing list if you really want to pursue this further. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problem

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-22 Thread Brolin Empey
I found this message in my hosted Gmail (Google Apps) account’s Spam folder. I wonder why Gmail thought it was spam? Because it contained the URL of a(n) (Windows) executable file? Dave Korn wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: BTW, if you run "setup.exe --help", it will (depending on OS version) ei

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-19 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 we variously wrote: > > That's not correct (*): > > Well strictly it is, since I said what would happen if you ran it, and not > what would happen if you _didn't_ run it (for whatever reason that might > happen to be)! Damn. Aced. 15-love. > [da...@ubique ~]$

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 01:23:27PM +, Dave Korn wrote: >G.W. Haywood wrote: >> Yes, one could just *try it*, if he had a Windows machine on which to >> try it. > >*koff* Prepare to be shocked, amazed, awed and astounded! This thread was started because Barry Buchbinder noticed a discrepancy b

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:18:13PM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >I wasn't joking about the professional help. There's clearly some >deep seated need there to dominate people. Unfortunately it won't >work with everyone. Please question my sanity in the cygwin-talk mailing list. While it may be ent

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread Dave Korn
G.W. Haywood wrote: >> BTW, if you run "setup.exe --help", it will (depending on OS >> version) either display the usage instructions to the screen, or >> dump them to a setup.log file in the directory where you run it. > > That's not correct (*): > > laptop:~$ >>> ./setup.exe > -bash: ./setup.e

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 several of us wrote: > > 73, > > Ged. > > Now I'm confused. Is that your high-score, your shoe size, or your age? It's a relic from the days of morse code; just over my weight, and half my IQ; and uncomfortably close to my age. > BTW, if you run "setup.exe --he

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:32:43AM +, Dave Korn wrote: >Dave Korn wrote: >>G.W. Haywood wrote: >>>On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >Which is correct? If only there was some way to tell... >>>I think you sho

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 08:15:36AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >>>Which is correct? >> >>If only there was some way to tell... > >I think you should seek professional help. Wow! Zing! c

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Dave Korn
Dave Korn wrote: > G.W. Haywood wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >>> Which is correct? >>> If only there was some way to tell... >> I think you should seek professional help. > > Nurs

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Dave Korn
G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >> >>> Which is correct? >> If only there was some way to tell... > > I think you should seek professional help. Nurse! The screens! > -- > >

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: > > > Which is correct? > > If only there was some way to tell... I think you should seek professional help. -- 73, Ged. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: >Hi there, > >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#internet-setup > >says > >"Unfortunately setup.exe does not yet support unattended installs." > >but > >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli > >seems to imply

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-16 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#internet-setup says "Unfortunately setup.exe does not yet support unattended installs." but http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli seems to imply that it does, via the '-q' switch. Which is correct? -- 73, Ged. -- Pro

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 15 13:47, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] > wrote: > >The command line arguments listed in the FAQ > >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli > >are incomplete. The following are missing. > > > > -O --onl

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >The command line arguments listed in the FAQ >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli >are incomplete. The following are missing. > > -O --only-site Ignore all sites except fo

missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-15 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
The command line arguments listed in the FAQ http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli are incomplete. The following are missing. -O --only-site Ignore all sites except for -s -P --packages Specify packages to install -C --categories