Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-22 Thread Brolin Empey
I found this message in my hosted Gmail (Google Apps) account’s Spam folder. I wonder why Gmail thought it was spam? Because it contained the URL of a(n) (Windows) executable file? Dave Korn wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: BTW, if you run setup.exe --help, it will (depending on OS version)

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 03:07:10PM -0800, Brolin Empey wrote: [deleted] Please. There was little in this message that was on-topic for the cygwin mailing list. Please use the cygwin-talk mailing list if you really want to pursue this further. -- Problem reports:

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-19 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 we variously wrote: That's not correct (*): Well strictly it is, since I said what would happen if you ran it, and not what would happen if you _didn't_ run it (for whatever reason that might happen to be)! Damn. Aced. 15-love. [da...@ubique ~]$ wine

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hello again, On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 several of us wrote: 73, Ged. Now I'm confused. Is that your high-score, your shoe size, or your age? It's a relic from the days of morse code; just over my weight, and half my IQ; and uncomfortably close to my age. BTW, if you run setup.exe --help, it

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread Dave Korn
G.W. Haywood wrote: BTW, if you run setup.exe --help, it will (depending on OS version) either display the usage instructions to the screen, or dump them to a setup.log file in the directory where you run it. That's not correct (*): laptop:~$ ./setup.exe -bash: ./setup.exe: cannot

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:18:13PM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: I wasn't joking about the professional help. There's clearly some deep seated need there to dominate people. Unfortunately it won't work with everyone. Please question my sanity in the cygwin-talk mailing list. While it may be

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 01:23:27PM +, Dave Korn wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: Yes, one could just *try it*, if he had a Windows machine on which to try it. *koff* Prepare to be shocked, amazed, awed and astounded! This thread was started because Barry Buchbinder noticed a discrepancy between

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: Which is correct? If only there was some way to tell... I think you should seek professional help. -- 73, Ged. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Dave Korn
G.W. Haywood wrote: Hi there, On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: Which is correct? If only there was some way to tell... I think you should seek professional help. Nurse! The screens! -- 73, Ged. Now

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Dave Korn
Dave Korn wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: Hi there, On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: Which is correct? If only there was some way to tell... I think you should seek professional help. Nurse! The screens! BTW,

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 08:15:36AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: Which is correct? If only there was some way to tell... I think you should seek professional help. Wow! Zing! cgf --

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:32:43AM +, Dave Korn wrote: Dave Korn wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: Which is correct? If only there was some way to tell... I think you should seek professional

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-16 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#internet-setup says Unfortunately setup.exe does not yet support unattended installs. but http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli seems to imply that it does, via the '-q' switch. Which is correct? -- 73, Ged. --

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 09:17:24AM +, G.W. Haywood wrote: Hi there, http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#internet-setup says Unfortunately setup.exe does not yet support unattended installs. but http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli seems to imply that it does,

missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-15 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
The command line arguments listed in the FAQ http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli are incomplete. The following are missing. -O --only-site Ignore all sites except for -s -P --packages Specify packages to install -C

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: The command line arguments listed in the FAQ http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli are incomplete. The following are missing. -O --only-site Ignore all sites except for -s

Re: missing setup command line arguments in the FAQ.

2010-01-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 15 13:47, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: The command line arguments listed in the FAQ http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli are incomplete. The following are missing. -O --only-site