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Re: Clone cygwin-setup settings from one PC to another
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Oliver Geisen wrote:
> > > > is it possible to find out which packages installed via SETUP.EXE on
> > > > one PC and use this information (selection) to automatically install
> > > > the same on another PC ?
>
> > Or simply copy the installed.db file, make the package cache available on
> > the network, do "install from local directory", and set All to
> > "Reinstall".
>
> Sounds good...
>
> > There may even be a command-line option to setup to do this.
> > You'd still need to replicate any changed configuration files, though...
>
> "may" ? or is there any ?
"May". I recall a patch to setup to add an "--install-all" option, but I
don't think it's been applied. Here's a reference to the thread:
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-05/msg00235.html> -- feel free to
extend on it to get a "--reinstall-all" option (which would probably be
more useful anyway).
> This would be the key for a distribution system.
>
> So i could save the "installed.db" for some systems according to their
> station names und start an sync-script everytime i change something.
Once the above option is in setup, this might work.
> This script could be started from ssh-bash.
Careful there! One issue with this is that unless you're running a
non-Cygwin sshd and bash, replacing the dependencies of either program
will require a reboot. Another issue is that setup.exe is a pure Win32
program, and will require that the sshd service has the "interact with
desktop" bit.
> BTW: What is the meaning of the *.lst.gz -files in the /etc/setup folder ?
They contain the listings of all installed packages -- "cygcheck -l" uses
them, as well as "cygcheck -f".
Igor
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