Re: Simplifying Cygwin PosgreSQL Installation

Jason,

I see now that a lot of people on the list agree that command line options
for setup.exe is a Good Idea and I'll let it go at that, in hopes that
some C++ wizard picks it up. In the meantime I'll muddle through with
scripts, lengthy explanations, and hand-holding.

Thanks for your responses.

Cheers,
Glenn Murray
http://www.mines.edu/~gmurray

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Jason Tishler wrote:

> Glenn,
>
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:04:01AM -0600, Glenn Murray wrote:
> > Thanks again for the reply.
>
> No problem. However, this thread is getting off-topic (and
> cross-posted) so we should end it very soon or take it off-list, if
> necessary.
>
> > I think that command line support in setup.exe is a great idea. I
> > noticed when browsing through the source code that there were comments
> > about it. With command line support many, if not all of the dialogs
> > could be skipped, and it might make it possible to install Cygwin as
> > part of other applications when no/slow internet connections are
> > present. This would be ideal.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > I'd like to contribute, too, but there are issues:
> > [snip]
> > I don't think I'm the right guy for the job, ...
> > [snip]
>
> OK.
>
> > I don't believe there is a single Java app in Cygwin, is there?
>
> You are correct. Note that I didn't realize that your app was a Java
> app. If so, then I would not have made the suggestion to contribute it.
>
> > Nor do there seem to be large packages for specialized audiences like
> > ours. I'm not sure that Cygwin ever intends to have such packages.
>
> Actually, there some specialized ones but maybe not quite as specialized
> as yours. :,)
>
> > On the other hand, if the Cygwin install process could be streamlined,
> > its tools could be used by application developers and piggy-backed on
> > their installations,
>
> Agreed, but...
>
> > and a lot more bona fide Cygwin distributions would be installed.
> > (Just musing out loud, here.)
>
> Actually, there are many Cygwin installations already.
>
> Jason
>