Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/07/28/09:42:12
OUTPUT FROM COMMAND: bash -v
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bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
You are now running bash.exe from the Cygwin package
This message is being presented by adding a virtual .bashrc file
and having Thinstall automatically set the HOME directory
before running this EXE. No changes have been made to bash
or any other program in this package.
Every program you execute from this command line will be
loaded by Thinstall. To see which utilies have been packaged
into one EXE execute the command :
ls -las *.exe
Each file listed will show the original uncompressed size
All files will appear to be in the directory where you
Originally ran this program from which was:
/cygdrive/d/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop
If you have questions about what Thinstall can do for you
contact Jonathan Clark at jclark AT thinstall DOT com
bash-2.05b$ bash -v
bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
cd "$HOME";
echo "You are now running bash.exe from the Cygwin package"
You are now running bash.exe from the Cygwin package
echo "This message is being presented by adding a virtual .bashrc file"
This message is being presented by adding a virtual .bashrc file
echo "and having Thinstall automatically set the HOME directory"
and having Thinstall automatically set the HOME directory
echo "before running this EXE. No changes have been made to bash"
before running this EXE. No changes have been made to bash
echo "or any other program in this package."
or any other program in this package.
echo
echo "Every program you execute from this command line will be"
Every program you execute from this command line will be
echo "loaded by Thinstall. To see which utilies have been packaged"
loaded by Thinstall. To see which utilies have been packaged
echo "into one EXE execute the command :"
into one EXE execute the command :
echo
echo "ls -las *.exe"
ls -las *.exe
echo
echo "Each file listed will show the original uncompressed size"
Each file listed will show the original uncompressed size
echo "All files will appear to be in the directory where you"
All files will appear to be in the directory where you
echo "Originally ran this program from which was:"
Originally ran this program from which was:
echo $HOME
/cygdrive/d/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Desktop
echo
echo "If you have questions about what Thinstall can do for you"
If you have questions about what Thinstall can do for you
echo "contact Jonathan Clark at jclark AT thinstall DOT com"
contact Jonathan Clark at jclark AT thinstall DOT com
echo
bash-2.05b$
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AND NOW OUTPUT FROM bash --version
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bash-2.05b$ bash --version
bash --version
bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(2)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
bash-2.05b$
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SEEMS LIKE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE TO ME!
Brian Kelly
"Christopher Faylor" <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>@cygwin.com on 07/28/2003 09:19:44
AM
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cc: (bcc: Brian Kelly/WTC1/Empire)
Subject: Re: GPL alert ? http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:52:36AM -0400, Brian DOT Kelly AT Empireblue DOT com wrote:
>Not only that, but this appears to go even further. By essentially
>"compiling" all these GNU utilities into one executable, there's a
>violation of the GPL to the extent that the code used to do that does
>not appear to be "Open Source". Double Whammy here.
>
>And by the way - I AM a lawyer. (Member of the Michigan Bar
>Association in Good Standing).
I noticed that but i was wondering if these were actually cygwin tools.
Has anyone verified that?
cgf
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