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Re: setup.exe different packages


2014-01-29 Chris J. Breisch <chris.ml@breisch.org>:
> BGINFO4X wrote:
>>
>> On my humble opinion, If I check ONLY bash with GUI, and I use the
>> command-line "setup-x86.exe -g -o --no-desktop --no-shortcuts
>> --no-startmenu --local-install %CYGWINALOCALPACKAGES% --quiet-mode
>> --root %CYGWINADMINDIR% --packages bash" both results should be the
>> same.
>>
>
> No. You told the GUI not to install the base, but only to install bash. You
> didn't say the same thing when you installed it from the command line.
> Perhaps if you said to remove category all first, like you did from the GUI.
> I don't know. I haven't tried it, and can't at the moment.

So, it seems that using command line: --packages bash, selects by
default (implicit) the base category.
And in my humble opinion, "--category base" should be used instead.

Thanks a lot for your time.

> Chris J. Breisch
>
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