Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Bill Stewart]

I would like to reinstall a set of packages and automatically install the
source for only those packages.

The packages are currently installed, and I am using a Setup command line
like this:

<setup> -I -P "package1,package2,package3"

The description in --help for -I states "Automatically install source for
every package installed".

It would seem that, in this case, since the named packages are already
installed and up-to-date, the -I option does nothing.

Is my analysis correct?

If so, what is the way to automate source download for a set of packages
that are already installed?

Bill

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Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Jon Turney]

On 02/03/2020 18:06, Bill Stewart wrote:
> I would like to reinstall a set of packages and automatically install the
> source for only those packages.
> 
> The packages are currently installed, and I am using a Setup command line
> like this:
> 
> <setup> -I -P "package1,package2,package3"
> 
> The description in --help for -I states "Automatically install source for
> every package installed".
> 
> It would seem that, in this case, since the named packages are already
> installed and up-to-date, the -I option does nothing.
> 
> Is my analysis correct?

This is correct.

> If so, what is the way to automate source download for a set of packages
> that are already installed?

If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while 
not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want 
with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P 
"package1,package2,package3"'

An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified 
package might be useful.


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Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Bill Stewart]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote:

> If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while
> not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want
> with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P
> "package1,package2,package3"'

This does what I need. Thank you!

> An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified
> package might be useful.

Agreed. Perhaps this could get added to a new iteration of the setup
tool. But combining -I, -x, and -P are a useful workaround.

Thanks!

Bill

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Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Bill Stewart]

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On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote:


> If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while
> not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want
> with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P
> "package1,package2,package3"'
>
> An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified
> package might be useful.
>

It seems that

--local-install -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]"

...no longer works to automate source download for packages already
installed...

Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?)

Thanks!

Bill

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Bill Stewart]

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On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:18 PM Bill Stewart wrote:

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote:
>
>
>> If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while
>> not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want
>> with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P
>> "package1,package2,package3"'
>>
>> An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified
>> package might be useful.
>>
>
> It seems that
>
> --local-install -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]"
>
> ...no longer works to automate source download for packages already
> installed...
>
> Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?)
>

(Correction: I meant to write '--local-package-dir', not '--local-install')

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Jon Turney]

On 27/03/2023 21:18, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote:
> 
>> If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while
>> not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want
>> with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P
>> "package1,package2,package3"'
>>
>> An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified
>> package might be useful.
>>
> 
> It seems that
> 
> --local-install -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]"
> 
> ...no longer works to automate source download for packages already
> installed...
> 
> Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?)

Sorry, based on the previous discussion at [1] this seems to be broken 
at the moment, due to '-x' being broken.

[1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-February/252994.html

If you really need this, please try old setup versions from [2].  If you 
discover which version it got broken in, and/or work out how to fix it, 
please let us know.

[2] https://cygwin.com/setup/

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Bill Stewart]

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On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM Jon Turney wrote:

Sorry, based on the previous discussion at [1] this seems to be broken
> at the moment, due to '-x' being broken.
>
> [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-February/252994.html
>
> If you really need this, please try old setup versions from [2].  If you
> discover which version it got broken in, and/or work out how to fix it,
> please let us know.
>
> [2] https://cygwin.com/setup/
>

Completed testing. The last version where:

--include-source --local-package-dir "path" -x "package[,...]" -P
"package[,...]"

...worked was 2.918. It does not work in 2.919 and later.

Bill

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Jon Turney]

On 28/03/2023 17:55, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM Jon Turney wrote:
> 
> Sorry, based on the previous discussion at [1] this seems to be broken
>> at the moment, due to '-x' being broken.
>>
>> [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-February/252994.html
>>

I think I had messed up my testing here, and -x was actually working in 
isolation, but there was a more complex problem which prevented 
reinstalling a package from the command line working.

>> If you really need this, please try old setup versions from [2].  If you
>> discover which version it got broken in, and/or work out how to fix it,
>> please let us know.
>>
>> [2] https://cygwin.com/setup/
>>
> 
> Completed testing. The last version where:
> 
> --include-source --local-package-dir "path" -x "package[,...]" -P
> "package[,...]"
> 
> ...worked was 2.918. It does not work in 2.919 and later.

Thanks very much, this was a big help in tracking down the change which 
introduced this problem.

This should be resolved in the setup 2.926 RC.