-Original Message-
From: wefwef wefwef
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 8:59
Subject: minimal installation
I am trying to do a minimal cygwin install plus vi, ssh, 7z,
ping, and rsync.
The reason it has to be minimal is that I want to deploy it
to several pc's that don't have
It's a fresh install that has to be kept under about 60-70 MB.
The default install is 500 MB, so I can't just accept the defaults.
The base package is an acceptable size at 40 MB - but it doesn't
include the extra packages I need. When I add them in it doesn't work.
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 5:27
-Original Message-
From: Jason Pyeron
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:27
Subject: RE: minimal installation
-Original Message-
From: wefwef wefwef
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 8:59
Subject: minimal installation
I am trying to do a minimal cygwin install plus
-Original Message-
From: wefwef wefwef
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:39
Subject: Re: minimal installation
It's a fresh install that has to be kept under about 60-70 MB.
The default install is 500 MB, so I can't just accept the defaults.
No. It is not, if you run the install
What are you saying Jason, that a default installation plus the
packages mentioned is 27MB ? I'm asking, because it's not really clear
from your mail.
Yesterday I ran the installer and downloaded the defaults only - which
came to 501 MB.
Is it possible that the installer is getting confused by
-Original Message-
From: wefwef wefwef
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:56
Subject: Re: minimal installation
What are you saying Jason, that a default installation plus
the packages mentioned is 27MB ? I'm asking, because it's not
Over the wire, extracted about 90MB
really
On 4/2/2010 9:56 AM, wefwef wefwef wrote:
Is it possible that the installer is getting confused by my existing
cygwin installation?
Yes, if you attempt to download only with setup.exe, it will use your
most recent Cygwin installation path to figure out what packages you
already have installed
No. It is not, if you run the install without changing any package selection
it
is: 60,058,633 bytes.
Then the installer has a bug because it was 501 MB when I did that. I
suspect it is getting confused by my existing cygwin installation.
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