Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
Larry Hall (Cygwin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 想 李 wrote: Michael wrote: I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run setup.exe there? Thanks Larry, good to know cygcheck command and install.db. Sorry that I should have take a look at FAQ more carefully since all of above have been talked there. But what I suggested on the other hand is the same as Michael's idea. I would like to see if cygwin's setup.exe could somehow import an install.db file and perform setup automatically to copy a cygwin environment with all of your preferred packages. This will make life easier without manually choose those packages one by one from such a long list. You know, I always want to save my hard disk but always forget something and have to run setup.exe again and again. This will also give great ease when you transfer your work from different computers, or when telling your colleague to create the same cygwin env as yours. Or, maybe this function also has been implemented by some cygwin commands else? Please let me know if it exists. Thanks. Putting /etc/setup/installed.db in place before running 'setup.exe' should make it think all those packages are installed. Switching to Reinstall for All should make it reinstall the packages at the version specified, if those exists. That makes sense, thanks. This does presuppose that you have a local package directory with all the packages/versions you want and that you've told 'setup.exe' to install from that local package directory. Why is that? If I'm set up to install from the Internet wouldn't reinstall all go there? I've never kept a local package directory... FYI, I haven't tested this process myself. Bumps and bruises may occur. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Michael Kairys wrote: I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run setup.exe there? That would replicate the installed packages, but not the versions, since setup would, by default, pull in the latest. The usual way is to edit installed.db on the new machine to change all the versions to 0.0, otherwise setup would think that they are already installed and won't bother installing them. You might be able to select Reinstall with the unmodified installed.db, but I haven't tested this hypothesis... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it. -- Rabbi Hillel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Michael Kairys wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. wrote: Michael wrote: I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run setup.exe there? But what I suggested on the other hand is the same as Michael's idea. I would like to see if cygwin's setup.exe could somehow import an install.db file and perform setup automatically to copy a cygwin environment with all of your preferred packages. Putting /etc/setup/installed.db in place before running 'setup.exe' should make it think all those packages are installed. [snip] This does presuppose that you have a local package directory with all the packages/versions you want and that you've told 'setup.exe' to install from that local package directory. Why is that? If I'm set up to install from the Internet wouldn't reinstall all go there? I've never kept a local package directory... Because the versions you had on your old machine may no longer be available on Cygwin mirrors. If you want to replicate the packages, but not the versions, installing from the Internet is fine (again, change all versions to 0.0 if you want that, to make sure setup picks up the packages). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it. -- Rabbi Hillel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
Igor Peshansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want to replicate the packages, but not the versions, installing from the Internet is fine (again, change all versions to 0.0 if you want that, to make sure setup picks up the packages). Igor That is what I would usually want to do, so editing installed.db and installing from the internet is the way to go for me. Thanks... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run setup.exe there? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
Thanks Larry, good to know cygcheck command and install.db. Sorry that I should have take a look at FAQ more carefully since all of above have been talked there. But what I suggested on the other hand is the same as Michael's idea. I would like to see if cygwin's setup.exe could somehow import an install.db file and perform setup automatically to copy a cygwin environment with all of your preferred packages. This will make life easier without manually choose those packages one by one from such a long list. You know, I always want to save my hard disk but always forget something and have to run setup.exe again and again. This will also give great ease when you transfer your work from different computers, or when telling your colleague to create the same cygwin env as yours. Or, maybe this function also has been implemented by some cygwin commands else? Please let me know if it exists. Thanks. /Xiang I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run setup.exe there? _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
想 李 wrote: Michael wrote: I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run setup.exe there? Thanks Larry, good to know cygcheck command and install.db. Sorry that I should have take a look at FAQ more carefully since all of above have been talked there. But what I suggested on the other hand is the same as Michael's idea. I would like to see if cygwin's setup.exe could somehow import an install.db file and perform setup automatically to copy a cygwin environment with all of your preferred packages. This will make life easier without manually choose those packages one by one from such a long list. You know, I always want to save my hard disk but always forget something and have to run setup.exe again and again. This will also give great ease when you transfer your work from different computers, or when telling your colleague to create the same cygwin env as yours. Or, maybe this function also has been implemented by some cygwin commands else? Please let me know if it exists. Thanks. Putting /etc/setup/installed.db in place before running 'setup.exe' should make it think all those packages are installed. Switching to Reinstall for All should make it reinstall the packages at the version specified, if those exists. This does presuppose that you have a local package directory with all the packages/versions you want and that you've told 'setup.exe' to install from that local package directory. FYI, I haven't tested this process myself. Bumps and bruises may occur. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
Hi List: I just got a small suggestion to the setup.exe of cygwin. I feel it could be useful to add a function, which makes it possible to export the package list (that you currently installed or going to install) into a file (txt for example), or at least allow people to copy the characters from setup.exe. This will make a person easily set up a cygwin environment that exactly the same as someone else who shares his package list. You know when developing programs, sometimes it is important to have the same version of compilers or tools. And this could also help to specify which version of cygwin you are using. Best regards, Xiang Li 4.2 _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline
Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin
想 李 wrote: Hi List: I just got a small suggestion to the setup.exe of cygwin. I feel it could be useful to add a function, which makes it possible to export the package list (that you currently installed or going to install) into a file (txt for example), or at least allow people to copy the characters from setup.exe. This will make a person easily set up a cygwin environment that exactly the same as someone else who shares his package list. You know when developing programs, sometimes it is important to have the same version of compilers or tools. And this could also help to specify which version of cygwin you are using. I think what you're looking for is '/etc/setup/installed.db' or the output of 'cygcheck -c[d]' -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
