I unfortunately dont have the time to offer this myself at the moment as am expecting a baby...;)....(anything to get out of a bit of coding)...... I think the apt-get influence should probably used for function rather than name as it could be misleading without a full implementation...... Perhaps that is something I could think about after the baby has popped out.....but would be happy if someone else wanted to take up the task.....
CraigT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Buckley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:41 PM Subject: Re: offering a patch- was [Setup feature query/suggestion!] > Craig- > > Sounds like a neat feature. Do you plan to submit a > patch to add this functionality? > > Rest of the list- > > Is this something that would be appropriate for > setup.exe to do, or should it be a separate package? > Should it be a gui, or a command line thing? I'm sure > I could write a bash script or makefile to do this. > Are there those on the list who would help me out by > providing suggestions on the logic that I should use? > > I can envision a command like- > > apt-get clean /cygdrive/c/cygwin > > And the script would look in /cygdrive/c/cygwin > for a "latest" and "contrib" directory, and then > go through each package and rm the old ones. But > rather than compare modification times or version > numbers in the filenames, is there a sure way to > make sure we are only removing the packages that are > older than what is installed- maybe parsing through > cygcheck output? > > -Peter > > C wrote: > > > > Dont know if this is the right place to send too...;) > > > > I have been using cygwin for quite a while now.....and update things quite > > regularly.....I have a vast amount of compressed packages in my /pkg > > directory..... > > > > I am not really fussed about keeping them....and only really in a lots of > > cases want to keep the current installed package.....and so....a method of > > removing all but the installed packages.....or all installed would be > > great....and definitely save time or disk space.....dont know if this can be > > done.....or is done....or if this is the forum to suggest this to..... > > > > for those familiar with debian... > > apt-get autoclean > > apt-get clean > > > > is the functionality that i am after....... > > > > Thanks for reading > > CraigT > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- > Your mouse has moved. > Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. > Reboot now? [OK] > > -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
