From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 76106 invoked by alias); 6 Oct 2016 17:28:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 76058 invoked by uid 89); 6 Oct 2016 17:28:12 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-HELO: mail-in-10.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-10.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-10.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.50) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:28:01 +0000 Received: from mail-in-16-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-16-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.33]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sqfk74gYHz8VXZ for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 19:27:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-16-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1E121EBF8 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 19:27:59 +0200 (CEST) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-05.arcor-online.net 3sqfk73YZBz1Cw4 Received: from Gertrud (p54B7E8DF.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.183.232.223]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3sqfk73YZBz1Cw4 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 19:27:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Blocking a base package from installing References: Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:37:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Chris Sutcliffe's message of "Thu, 6 Oct 2016 10:57:29 -0400") Message-ID: <878tu1qtes.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2016-10/txt/msg00072.txt.bz2 Chris Sutcliffe writes: > I'm using a self compiled vim, so I uninstalled vim-minimal. Every > time I run setup to get the latest updates, setup attempts to > reinstall vim-minimal - is there a way to make setup ignore > vim-minimal? Yes, at least two. 1. Build a proper package and give it a higher version number than Cygwin's own Vim. 2. Fake the installation of vim-minimal in /etc/setup/installed.db and give that fake installation some high version number. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldUserWavetables -- 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