On 11/1/2018 12:37 PM, John Doucette wrote: > Hi all, > > My current setup-x86 is version 2.893. > Cygwin is not installed yet, so I am running setup-x86.exe from within > PowerShell on Win7. > > PS C:\> .\setup-x86.exe -V > PS C:\ > Cygwin setup 2.893 > > First I run setup to download all things Devel using: > > PS C:\> .\setup-x86.exe -D -l C:\X027-001-011 -O -s > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -f -C Devel -q > > This correctly downloads all Devel stuff and dependencies as expected, > including the boost-build package. Then I want to download the sources for > just boost-build. Since the dependencies for boost-build have already been > resolved above I use: > > PS C:\> .\setup-x86.exe -D -l C:\X027-001-011 -O -s > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -f -I -P boost-build -q > > This does download the sources for package boost-build, but ALSO downloads > the sources for ALL of the dependencies of boost-build! I.e. sources for > cygwin, gcc, bash, ... etc. The same thing happens if -Y is added to the > command as below. > > PS C:\> .\setup-x86.exe -D -l C:\X027-001-011 -O -s > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -f -Y -I -P boost-build -q > > Trying to directly download the src package in question doesn't work either, > as in: > > PS C:\> .\setup-x86.exe -D -l C:\X027-001-011 -O -s > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -f -I -P boost-build-src -q > > I can accomplish what I want if I use the setup-x86 gui for the second part > of the operation. I.e. First run the first command above to get all of latest > Devel. > > PS C:\> .\setup-x86.exe -D -l C:\X027-001-011 -O -s > http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -f -C Devel -q > > Then start up the setup-x86.exe ui. Choose to download only from the same > mirror to the same local folder. Under the View pulldown, select Category. > Click on the circle symbol by All cycling around through Install -> Reinstall > -> Uninstall -> Default resulting in all items being marked as skipped. > Expand the Devel category and select boost-build 1.66.0-1. Then also tick > off the boost-build src box. Select Next, Next ... until download starts. > Only the boost-build sources are downloaded.
Make it easy on yourself; download the -src package directly from the mirror release directory. You'll need cygport package to build it. -- cyg Simple -- 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
