From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1145 invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2002 08:54:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 1138 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2002 08:54:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta02ps.bigpond.com) (144.135.25.134) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 16 Jul 2002 08:54:47 -0000 Received: from lifelesswks ([144.135.25.69]) by mta02ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 mta02ps May 23 2002 23:53:28) with SMTP id GZC3F800.6EL; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:54:44 +1000 Received: from CPE-203-51-5-127.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([203.51.5.127]) by PSMAM01.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0n 65/5537956); 16 Jul 2002 18:54:44 From: "Robert Collins" To: , Subject: RE: Setup.exe: plans and progress? Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:43:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000001c22ca6$71d2aa20$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20020716083444.D35348B11@bellmann.research.canon.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-SW-Source: 2002-07/txt/msg01226.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of > luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au > Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 6:37 PM > A key issue is the length of time it would take to click through each > option (skip/keep/ver-w.x.y-z/ver-w'.x'.y'-z'/...) of every > package, to > install the "right" version (the one with the largest version > number?), > for every new PC. (The rest of the install and configuration is far > more automted.) Pavel has already address'd this issue. Also in the plans are more command line options, so you can script the full install. This will happen at some indeterminate time unless one of the following occurs: *) Someone contributes a patch. *) Someone funds that specific development. (Contact me off list if you wish to pursue this). > Is this just a function of the way I've installed Cygwin on the local > server? Is there some way when setting that up, so that the 1st > install from that local machine to fresh new machines on the LAN take > its configuration (install everything) as the default? No. Could there be? Yes, see my point above. > As I understand it, subsequent updates to a PC after the initial > installation are easy. They'll just update whatever was installed, > by default. Our trouble is that the *first* install seems very > click-intensive - it's not very automatic. It's only click intensive if you want precise control. Otherwise it's about 6 clicks start to finish. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/