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Re: setup doco


On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 13:57, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:44:44PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
 
> Also, if you want to change categories, for the most part, you just have
> to edit setup.ini, currently.  A few packages are controlled via
> setup.hint, too, so those will have to be changed as well.

I'm very much in favour of only ever editing the setup.hint files. This
is a prelude to self contained packages, so that local installs can be a
little more meaningful.

> As I said in the cygwin mailing list, though, I don't think that
> revamping the categories from the Debian structure (with the possible
> exception of Required) makes much sense.  It is your call, though.

I don't favour altering the packages unless there is a clear benefit. I
don't see one yet :].

Rob


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