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Re: setup.exe sucks
>> You do have to have something early on that bootstraps
>> what you need, like setup.exe does now, but it could
>> always install the cygwin first before it does
>> anything.
> Yes, once we had yum, we could almost have the unattended
> install working. Of course, you couldn't use yum to install
> python or cygwin, as it stands right now.
So this idea just came to me and seems brilliant right now, but may
not be: what about making setup.exe do nothing except install a
bootstrap Cygwin including python and rpm database. After that yum or
apt-rpm or connectiva's thing would to the rest.
I see the advantages being: throw out the most confusing parts of
setup, but keep around a lot of bootstrap work. There would not need
to be any changes to the basic Cygwin install instructions (the "Use
setup.exe" mantra).
The existing problems with using Unix-based tools on Windows like
replacing files would remain, though.