[Mingw-users] mingw-get-0.1-alpha-4 released

[Charles W. <cwi...@us...>]

Get it here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files_beta/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/mingw-get/mingw-get-0.1-alpha-4/


This release of mingw-get fixes a bug in the earlier self-upgrade
functionality, where any runtime error "deleted" mingw-get.  (mingw-get
and its support file(s) were actually only renamed, but recovery was
difficult).  Now, "ordinary" errors such as bad command line arguments,
failed downloads, missing manifests, etc, will not cause this behavior.
However, a catastrophic operating system error may prevent the new
auto-recovery code from executing, leaving mingw-get in its "deleted"
(e.g. renamed) state.  If this occurs, simply do the following:

  cd /mingw/bin
  mv mingw-get.exe~ mingw-get.exe
  cd /mingw/libexec/mingw-get
  mv mingw-get-0.dll~ mingw-get-0.dll

Add --help|-h option:

mingw-get [OPTIONS] ACTION package-spec [package-spec ...]
Manage MinGW and MSYS installations (Command-line user interface).

Options:
  --help, -h      Show this help text
  --version, -V   Show version and licence information

Actions:
  update          Update local copy of repository catalogues
  install         Install new packages
  remove          [not implemented] Remove previously installed packages
  upgrade         [not implemented] Upgrade previously installed packages

Package Specifications:
  [subsystem]-name-[component]:
  msys-bash-doc   The 'doc' component of the bash package for MSYS
  mingw32-gdb     All components of the gdb package for MinGW
See /mingw/var/lib/mingw-get/data/*.xml for possible package names
and the components associated with each.