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Re: Setup patch: List command line options on stdout

From: Robert Collins <rbcollins at cygwin dot com>
To: Max Bowsher <maxb at ukf dot net>
Cc: Cygwin Apps <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:52:52 +1100
Subject: Re: Setup patch: List command line options on stdout
References: <20041118224335.6583.qmail@web53409.mail.yahoo.com> <419D4239.824EEC5D@dessent.net> <002e01c4cdd4$9d8f1fa0$e6ec6f83@robinson.cam.ac.uk>

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 01:08 +0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
> 
> I am currently quite strongly opposed to turning setup.exe into a
> console 
> app just to display help text. Please bear in mind that any command
> line 
> options that setup has are purely for advanced automation uses - they
> are 
> not something the average user need ever go near. Therefore, let's
> not 
> expend to much effort on this.

Full ack from the peanut gallery.

I'll note that I started work on having a separate console program,
which would be guiless, for just this reason.

Rob

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