From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 87748 invoked by alias); 29 Aug 2019 06:02:33 -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 87740 invoked by uid 89); 29 Aug 2019 06:02:32 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=Sound, Baddah, baddah, Possible X-HELO: mx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from mx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (HELO mx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.39) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:02:30 +0000 Received: from vsmx002.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.192]) by mta-6-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846DD60A7D6 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:02:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Rainer.invalid (unknown [84.160.192.162]) by mta-6-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 590E760A7FE for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:02:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Possible Cygwin setup regression with --prune-install References: <158109b5-8d13-9e88-05b5-0eb581839e81@shaddybaddah.name> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:52:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <158109b5-8d13-9e88-05b5-0eb581839e81@shaddybaddah.name> (Shaddy Baddah's message of "Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:48:10 +1000") Message-ID: <87woewv79r.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2019-08/txt/msg00390.txt.bz2 Shaddy Baddah writes: > -Y --prune-install Prune the installation to only the requested > packages > > My reading of that is that this should defeat any packages from being > (automatically added). However, even with this option, the base packages > are still autoselected. I've originally implemented that option and the Base packages and dependencies are explicitly exempted. This is not an option to allow you to create broken installations, mind you. > But can someone talk to what --prune-install is exactly supposed to do? > And can any consideration be given to a "skeleton/template" install? I use that option to make sure that whenever I remove packages from my install (or downgrade them), the clients pick the exact set of packages up that I give them. It's also used to shrink installations (i.e. from a developer installation to user) without leaving lots of cruft behind. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- 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