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On 1/29/2014 11:24 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Chris J. Breisch <chris.ml <at> breisch.org> writes:No, I don't agree with that statement. I'd be more inclined to believe that it's a bug in the command-line interface that doesn't allow you to do what the GUI does.You can disagree all you want, the source of setup makes it pretty clear that all packages in category Base must always be installed, regardless of any other choices the user made. And that's in fact what the GUI does too (it goes through exactly the same code path), only that you're later able to deselect the "binary" package without setup checking for whether you do this on a Base package (note you can't uninstall or skip a Base package, so that you can defeat this via other means is the bug I was talking about).
While I won't comment on whether this feature of the current setup is a good one or not, it was an intentional addition meant for the power user. It apparently is not reflected in the command line interface and shouldn't be used as a common installation technique. Circumventing the normal dependency checking done by setup has the very real potential of leaving you with a broken installation. I believe this is the reason Achim calls this feature a bug in setup's GUI. If you want a working installation and you aren't willing to deal with the problems this feature of the GUI may present, don't use it. I hope this explanation helps clear up the question of why there could be a difference in the installation size depending on mode used. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
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