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Re: [PATCH] Setup.exe: allow -p option to specify categories as well as packages


On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 05:47:55PM +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>    Last but not least,
>
>  I found myself wanting to run setup in unattended mode to install absolutely
>everything, so I figured the nicest solution was to allow the -p option to
>accept category names as well as package names, so that I could use "-p All".
> The attached patch does just that.
>
>	* package_meta.cc (packagemeta::isManuallyWanted): Allow category
>	names as well as individual package names in packages_option.
>	* package_db.cc (packagedb::fillMissingCategory): Don't check for
>	manually-wanted packages until after initialising all the categories.
>
>  Tested by running it a few times with no -p options and then with -p options
>for things like "Net" and/or a couple of individual packages mixed in.  OK?

Unfortunately, no, I don't think so.  I like the idea but I don't like overloading
"-p" as it could cause confusion.  Why not add a new option entirely or some sort
of different syntax for categories like "Net:" or something?

cgf


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