RE: Excessive packages installed by default

RE: Excessive packages installed by default

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rotaiv [mailto:rotaiv@biapo.com] 

I've you've got Misc packages showing up, then you don't have a setup.ini file, or have manually editied it. Misc packages are automatically installed unless you deselect them.

Rob

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RE: Excessive packages installed by default

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rotaiv [mailto:rotaiv@biapo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:53 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Excessive packages installed by default

> Could it have something to do with how I execute the 
> setup.exe and what I 
> use as the base install directory?

Possibly. If you could produce some step-by-step how to reproduce
instructions, I'll look into this.

Rob

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RE: Excessive packages installed by default

[rotaiv]

At 02/26/2002  05:11 PM, Robert Collins wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rotaiv [mailto:rotaiv@biapo.com]
>
>I've you've got Misc packages showing up, then you don't have a setup.ini 
>file, or have manually editied it. Misc packages are automatically 
>installed unless you deselect them.
>
>Rob

I have a setup.ini and I have never edited this file.  I mirror the cygwin 
directory from mirrors.rcn.net and select install from local package and 
browse to my local mirror.  On current installations, the "Misc" categories 
do not appear when I browse to my local mirror.  However, on brand new 
installations, all the "Misc" categories appear.  I have mapped the drive 
the exact same way yet I get different results depending on whether I run 
setup against an existing install or a brand new install.

I just tried to reproduce this error and could not :(  I installed bash and 
openssh then ran setup a second time to see what happened.  It wanted to 
install extra packages but they were mostly from the "base" and none from 
"misc".  I know this has been a problem in the past but now I can't 
reproduce it.

Could it have something to do with how I execute the setup.exe and what I 
use as the base install directory?

rotaiv.


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Excessive packages installed by default

[rotaiv]

It used to be when ever I install a fresh copy of cygwin, I selected the 
minimal applications I wanted then ran setup.exe a second time and let it 
catch any dependencies and updates.  This worked fine for many installs 
until recently.  The last time few times I did this, numerous other 
packages acted like they wanted to be installed.  Not knowing why, and 
assuming they need to be installed, I just proceed as normal.

 From what I can tell, it installed over 30 more packages and they consumed 
around 65 MB.  I also noticed that most of these "extra" packages were in 
the "Misc" category.  Is there a reason why suddenly all these other 
packages are wanting to install?  Is there a way to skip those without 
knowing which ones are needed because of dependency issues?

rotaiv.


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