Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/07/18/15:06:06
---CRETEL Dominique <dominique DOT cretel AT cfwb DOT be> wrote:
>
> Hi Earnie,
>
> Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > To do as you've suggested:
> >
> > bash$: mount -b //d/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin /bin
> > bash$: mount -b //d/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin /usr/bin
> > bash$: mount -b //c/texmf/MiKTeX/bin /usr/local/bin
>
> Yes, it's a good solution, but if you have another package, for
example
> groff, and you want to put thene executable files in the
/usr/local/bin
> too, I think you can't do again a mount -b //c/texmf/MiKTeX/bin
> /usr/local/bin!
>
> Note: With bash, where is the mount table?
It is stored within the registry. Search the archives for the key
values if you need them.
>
> > As an alternative that will help with the delima I'll suggest
> > that you:
> >
> > mkdir c:\bin
> > mkdir c:\usr\bin
> > mkdir c:\usr\local\bin
> >
> > put bash.exe, sh.exe and cygwinb19.dll in c:\bin
> > put the rest of the cygwin executables in c:\usr\bin
> > and then put your MikTex in c:\usr\local\bin
> >
> > You could leave the rest of cygwin alone or move the include
directory
> > to c:\usr\include and move the lib directory to c:\usr\lib.
>
> I don't like this solution because with it I have to do a lot of move
> when I get a new package or a new version of an existing package!
> I prefer the first one.
Yes, but you can only have one package as /usr/local/bin with the
first method and you will still have to modify the DOS PATH variable
which I believe was your original concern.
>
> Thanks,
> Dominique
>
Your welcome,
==
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