Where is detailed setup.exe usage documentation? (old question, never answered)

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 10/16/2012 12:26 AM, Pit Bull wrote:
> I am looking for some documentation - html, man page, doc file, whatever
> that describes setup.exe.

<snip>

> So the specific questions I have (which I would have liked to have seen
> answered in a documentation file of some sort) are:
>
> Why isn't the status changed to Keep for downloaded src packages (or
> at least for some since I have not verified this is common across all
> source files/packages)?

Could be a bug.

> What does an X mean in the Src? column box?  Is this supposed to mean
> it has been downloaded even though the status does not say Keep?

It indicates that you want the source for the selected package.

> What does n/a mean in the Bin? and Src? column?

Not applicable.  The state of these columns is dependent on whether you've 
selected a version of the package to install.

> Is there any documentation that describes setup.exe in more detail in
> an organized manner?

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#internet-setup> is the
most detailed documentation we have for setup.exe right now.

-- 
Larry

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