Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

[Jon Turney]

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:
> 
> <setup> -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.


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