Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/09/10/17:37:12
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:44:59PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 02:37 PM 9/10/2001, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>>On Monday 10 Sep 01, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes:
>> > > I was installing cygwin from the internet. I believe that I was
>> > >using the mirrors.rcn.net download site. My virus software, VirusScan,
>> > >detected a virus in
>> > >gdb\gdb-20010428-1.src.tar.gz.tmp\GDB-20010428-1-SRC.TAR.GZ
>> > >
>> > > You might want to check on that.
>> >
>> >
>> > You should refer to the FAQ for things like this (it makes for useful
>> > reading regardless of course!) Here's the appropriate entry for this
>> > case:
>> >
>> > The README says I should turn off anti-virus software. Isn't that dangerous?
>> > http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC10
>>
>>Indeed, but it's not as obvious as it should be. People don't bother
>>with the README file now that setup.exe works so well, so I should
>>re-do this FAQ entry.
>
>
>The more obvious, the better! Do you think you can get this entry to
>flash in front for of user's when they install? ;-)
You've got a smiley there, but I think that this actually might be a good idea.
I'd like to add more words to the setup process like:
"Turn off your virus software" and "Hey! Check out /usr/doc for more info."
cgf
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