How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Grant Edwards]

I'm creating a Cygwin snapshot for installation from CD, and
I've got everything figured out except for one thing: I need
setup.exe to default to a local install.  I can't use a
shortcut to run setup.exe because shortcuts have absolute paths.

It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
"nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
current working directory?]

I suppose I could build a custom setup.exe that checks the
"local install" radio button by default instead of the "network
install" button.  But I was hoping there was somthing a little
easier.

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Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
> current working directory?]

It refers to the local directory containing all the packages in the
directory structure you get when you download packages.  So it is
neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located not the current
working directory.

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 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
>> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
>> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
>> current working directory?]
>
> It refers to the local directory containing all the packages
> in the directory structure you get when you download packages.
> So it is neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located
> not the current working directory.

If it's neither the current working directory nor the directory
where setup.exe is located, then how does setup.exe know where
to find it?

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Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
>> On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
>>> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
>>> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
>>> current working directory?]
>> It refers to the local directory containing all the packages
>> in the directory structure you get when you download packages.
>> So it is neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located
>> not the current working directory.
> 
> If it's neither the current working directory nor the directory
> where setup.exe is located, then how does setup.exe know where
> to find it?

Are you only interested in knowing where the local directory defaults
to the first time it is run on a machine without a Cygwin installation?
If so, then yes, it is CWD.  Otherwise, the local directory is the local
package directory where packages were downloaded last time, which may
not be the synonymous with the CWD at the time that you start 'setup.exe'.
In any case, the local directory to use is stored in
'/etc/setup/last-cache'.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:

> Are you only interested in knowing where the local directory defaults
> to the first time it is run on a machine without a Cygwin installation?

Yes.

> If so, then yes, it is CWD.

Thanks for confirming that.  That's what my experiments and
examination of setup.exe sources have shown.

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Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
>> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
>> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
>> current working directory?]
>
> It refers to the local directory containing all the packages in the
> directory structure you get when you download packages.

We haven't downloaded packages yet.  All we've done is start up
setup.exe and we're sitting looking at the first screen.

> So it is neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located
> not the current working directory.

If you believe the setup.exe source code, it is the currrent
working directory.  The three choices are:

 IDC_SOURCE_DOWNLOAD
 IDC_SOURCE_NETINST
 IDC_SOURCE_CWD 

AFAICT, CWD stands for "current working directory".

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Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-01-13, Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote:
> On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
>> On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a
>>> "nuisance" console window.  [Question: does "local directory"
>>> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the
>>> current working directory?]
>>
>> It refers to the local directory containing all the packages in the
>> directory structure you get when you download packages.
>
> We haven't downloaded packages yet.  All we've done is start up
> setup.exe and we're sitting looking at the first screen.

My mistake.  We're at the second screen "Choose a download source".

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