I've retried with the 'P' option and now I get it: when using this option the package selection page doesn't show it as 'selected' (no version or action seen in the 'New' column') but if you click 'next' it works! I don't know how to send a screenshot but I hope that you get what I mean.
When I made my first attempt I was confused with this display and I just stopped instead of continuing... Maybe the graphical interface should reflect somehow the '-P' chosen packages? Le jeu. 10 févr. 2022 à 14:54, Jon Turney <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> a écrit : > On 09/02/2022 18:05, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:12:28PM +0100, Vanda Vodkamilkevich wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 13:12 AM marco.atzeri wrote: > >> > >>>> I wouldn't expect most tools to work on special files in /dev. Even > tar > >>>> fails on /proc, it would begin to pack your local registry... > >>>> Make a basic installation on the new system, then sync the rest. > >>>> An even cleaner way might be to clone your installation via setup, > using > >>>> /etc/setup/installed.db - maybe someone has a script for that - > >>>> and then just sync the /home hierarchy. > >>> > >>> script I wrote some time ago for re-installation > >>> > >>> > >> > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46829532/cygwin-save-package-selections-for-later-reinstall/ > >>> > >>> > >> Just for the record: > >> I just played with the script provided in stackoverflow which generates > a > >> bat file, and it seems that the behaviour of the '-P' switch of setup > has > >> changed because now it explicitely needs the version of the package (at > >> least for me it didn't worked without the version number: " -P > >> package=version_as_seen_by_cygcheck") . Can someone (probably Jon > Turney) > >> confirm this usage of the '-P' switch (BTW the mandatory '=' is > explained > >> nowhere - Nor in 'setup -h' or the setup web pages - and can be seen > only > >> in the source code). > > It's not mandatory. If you're looking at the source code, you should > see that the case where '=' is not present is also still handled. > > Yes, it should be documented, but so should the rest of the format of > the string which -P accepts... > > > I don't think this is correct. I use the setup program's -P option > > regularly, including with the latest 2.917 release, and it successfully > > installs packages. Indeed, I've just tried running it to install > > 2048-cli (given it's a package I know I don't have installed) and it > > successfully installed the package without specifying a version number. > > > > Can you give a bit more information about exactly what commands you're > > running, what you're expecting to happen, and what precisely happens > > instead? > > Yeah, what he said :) > > That's not to say that -P isn't picky in the precise format of the > package list it accepts (that might have unfortunately changed), and the > error reporting when the package list doesn't meet it's expectations is > weak, but it works for me, so an instance of a setup invocation which > fails because it doesn't contain '=' would be very helpful. > > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
