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On Feb 3 17:07, Achim Gratz wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > You're a user of the new -m option if I understood you correctly. > > Does it work for you? > > Yes, very well indeed. > > > What about allowing to specify this in the GUI? I was mulling over > > adding a fourth option to the "Choose A Download Source" dialog: > > > > o Install from Internet > > o Download Without Installing > > o Install from Local Download Directory > > o Install from Local Mirror Directory > > > > Option 3 is the same as before, but specifying "Download Directory" > > to distinguish this from "Mirror Directory". > > > > Good/Bad/Ugly? > > I'm not sure it's useful in the GUI-only scenario when someone just > double-clicks the icon. At least in my case that use is strictly for > script-controlled installations. It will be hard for people to tell > what the difference is between Download and Mirror directory and which > they should use. People who know what they're doing can just as easily > make a shortcut that adds the -m option. > > BTW, there seems to be a regression that I don't understand: when a > wrong option is given, a message to this effect should be emitted and > then the parameter usage. This used to work, but even though the code > did not change this is not happening anymore. I've rolled back to the > old version of setup, but not cygwin1.dll, so if its not the compiler it > would be a change in the DLL that is responsible. How so? Setup is not a Cygwin application. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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