Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On 28/03/2023 17:55, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote: On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM Jon Turney wrote: Sorry, based on the previous discussion at [1] this seems to be broken at the moment, due to '-x' being broken. [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-February/252994.html I think I had messed up my testing here, and -x was actually working in isolation, but there was a more complex problem which prevented reinstalling a package from the command line working. If you really need this, please try old setup versions from [2]. If you discover which version it got broken in, and/or work out how to fix it, please let us know. [2] https://cygwin.com/setup/ Completed testing. The last version where: --include-source --local-package-dir "path" -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]" ...worked was 2.918. It does not work in 2.919 and later. Thanks very much, this was a big help in tracking down the change which introduced this problem. This should be resolved in the setup 2.926 RC. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM Jon Turney wrote: Sorry, based on the previous discussion at [1] this seems to be broken > at the moment, due to '-x' being broken. > > [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-February/252994.html > > If you really need this, please try old setup versions from [2]. If you > discover which version it got broken in, and/or work out how to fix it, > please let us know. > > [2] https://cygwin.com/setup/ > Completed testing. The last version where: --include-source --local-package-dir "path" -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]" ...worked was 2.918. It does not work in 2.919 and later. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On 27/03/2023 21:18, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote: If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P "package1,package2,package3"' An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified package might be useful. It seems that --local-install -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]" ...no longer works to automate source download for packages already installed... Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?) Sorry, based on the previous discussion at [1] this seems to be broken at the moment, due to '-x' being broken. [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-February/252994.html If you really need this, please try old setup versions from [2]. If you discover which version it got broken in, and/or work out how to fix it, please let us know. [2] https://cygwin.com/setup/ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:18 PM Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote: > > >> If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while >> not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want >> with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P >> "package1,package2,package3"' >> >> An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified >> package might be useful. >> > > It seems that > > --local-install -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]" > > ...no longer works to automate source download for packages already > installed... > > Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?) > (Correction: I meant to write '--local-package-dir', not '--local-install') -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote: > If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while > not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want > with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P > "package1,package2,package3"' > > An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified > package might be useful. > It seems that --local-install -x "package[,...]" -P "package[,...]" ...no longer works to automate source download for packages already installed... Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?) Thanks! Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote: > If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while > not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want > with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P > "package1,package2,package3"' This does what I need. Thank you! > An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified > package might be useful. Agreed. Perhaps this could get added to a new iteration of the setup tool. But combining -I, -x, and -P are a useful workaround. Thanks! Bill -- 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
Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
On 02/03/2020 18:06, Bill Stewart wrote: I would like to reinstall a set of packages and automatically install the source for only those packages. The packages are currently installed, and I am using a Setup command line like this: -I -P "package1,package2,package3" The description in --help for -I states "Automatically install source for every package installed". It would seem that, in this case, since the named packages are already installed and up-to-date, the -I option does nothing. Is my analysis correct? This is correct. If so, what is the way to automate source download for a set of packages that are already installed? If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want with 'setup -I -x "package1,package2,package3" -P "package1,package2,package3"' An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified package might be useful. -- 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
Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?
I would like to reinstall a set of packages and automatically install the source for only those packages. The packages are currently installed, and I am using a Setup command line like this: -I -P "package1,package2,package3" The description in --help for -I states "Automatically install source for every package installed". It would seem that, in this case, since the named packages are already installed and up-to-date, the -I option does nothing. Is my analysis correct? If so, what is the way to automate source download for a set of packages that are already installed? Bill -- 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
