Re: 'setup-1.7.exe -s' anomaly

[Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum dot mit dot edu>]

I didn't know about the command-line options.

Is there some way to automate the process so that when I double-click
on my Setup shortcut, it will go right to the "Select Packages"
screen?

Thanks - Jim

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Greg Chicares wrote:

> If I run
> ?setup-1.7.exe -s ftp://ftp.heanet.ie
> and hit Enter on every screen, I get a messagebox that says:
> ?Unable to get setup-2.ini from <ftp://ftp.heanet.ie>
> Oddly, 'ftp.heanet.ie' is listed twice in "Available Download Sites".
> The first 'ftp.heanet.ie' is highlighted, and doesn't work. If I
> highlight the second 'ftp.heanet.ie' instead, then it works fine.
>
> Same outcome with:
> ?setup-1.7.exe -s ftp://ftp.heanet.ie
> ?setup-1.7.exe -s "ftp://ftp.heanet.ie";
> ?setup-1.7.exe --site "ftp://ftp.heanet.ie";
> ?setup-1.7.exe --site="ftp://ftp.heanet.ie";
> and also with other mirrors, e.g.:
> ?setup-1.7.exe -s http://www.mirrorservice.org
>
> This occurs on a brand-new machine with XP SP3 freshly installed, with
> no prior installation of any version of Cygwin. I'm running setup-1.7
> version 2.661 (current) in an XP "Command Prompt". My ultimate goal is
> a '--quiet-mode' installation, but this simplified test case seems to
> be the main obstacle.

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us

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