On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 09:52, Charles Wilson wrote: > Robert Collins wrote:
> > What you are talking about is metapackages, which are implemented via > > categories, but need a new screen to allow the choice - simply for user > > clarity - as setup.exe can handle those packages now. > > > Right, but the 'Base' category is both a "category" in the sense you > describe, AND a metapackage(sortof) -- simply because everything in > 'Base' is automatically installed. > > Hence "add foo to 'Base'" really means "add foo to 'required' metapackage". > > But I get what you're saying; 'Base' seems to be THE special case. In > all other cases, 'categories' != 'metapackage' > Thanks for putting so clearly Chuck, yes that is what I am saying. Rob -- 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/
