On Sun 2020-09-06 (19:11), Brian Inglis wrote:
> > cygstart /setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode
> >
> > But this does not upgrade my cygwin installation in my users windows home,
> > but does a new installation in c:\cygwin64
>
> Download:
>
> $ curl -OJR https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
> OR
> $ wget -N https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
Ok, this is a easy :-)
> If using unattended (--quiet) mode, you have to specify everything else:
>
> $ ./setup-x86_64 -gq -R "$rootdir" -l "$pkgdir" -s $site
>
> otherwise try semi-attended (--package-manager) chooser-only mode:
>
> $ ./setup-x86_64 -gM -R "$rootdir" -l "$pkgdir" -s $site
>
> which lets you see the prompt screens and decide whether you need to change
> anything.
Great! This helps me a lot!
> Defaults should have been saved in /etc/setup/setup.rc and packages in
> /etc/setup/installed.db the first time you installed Cygwin, so that
> subsequent
> upgrades will use the same locations.
I did not know /etc/setup/setup.rc, but it is there with the content:
last-cache
C:\Users\admin\cygwin\.pkg-cache
mirrors-lst
http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/;cygwin.mirror.constant.com;United
States;New Jersey
(...)
last-mirror
http://ftp.fau.de/cygwin/
net-method
IE
last-action
Download,Install
> If your alternative package manager is not following these conventions, please
> consider whether that is a safe approach if other apps are needed for
> upgrades,
> unless your package manager uses workarounds so they are not needed.
cygwin-portable-installer(*) is not an alternative package manager, but
just a script wrapper for setup.exe
The installation step is:
echo Running Cygwin setup...
"%CYGWIN_ROOT%\%CYGWIN_SETUP_EXE%" --no-admin ^
--site %CYGWIN_MIRROR% %CYGWIN_PROXY% ^
--root "%CYGWIN_ROOT%" ^
--local-package-dir "%CYGWIN_ROOT%\.pkg-cache" ^
--no-shortcuts ^
--no-desktop ^
--delete-orphans ^
--upgrade-also ^
--no-replaceonreboot ^
--quiet-mode ^
--packages dos2unix,wget,%CYGWIN_PACKAGES% || goto :fail
When I later run /setup-x86_64 without options it asks for
"Choose A Download Source"
I can skip this step if I start it with:
/setup-x86_64 -s http://ftp.fau.de/cygwin
Is there something missing in my /etc/setup/setup.rc?
What should I add there?
Also the CYGWIN_ROOT (option -R)?
Ok, I could write a setup.cmd with the options you named, but it would be
better if setup-x86_64.exe knows my defaults.
(*) I need cygwin-portable-installer for my users, which are overcharged
with a regular cygwin installation. With cygwin-portable-installer I can
specify all needed packages, the installation place and some additional
software (of my own).
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