Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/09/23/13:54:16
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Peter Rehley
> Sent: 23 September 2004 18:44
Much snippage, just to summarize the essence of the post and it's role in
the conversation:
> On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Dave Korn wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd
> >> Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16
> >> After you have a working installation on any computer, you
> can zip and
> >> copy the C:\CYGWIN directory. It is totally self contained, and
> >> should work fine anywhere.
> > Nonsense! That method won't create any mount points in the
> > registry, nor will it run any post-install scripts. The correct
> Actually, what the person mention would work. Only thing left out
> would be the registry settings.
> Potential problems could arise in
> 1) Registry settings. These would need to be exported.
> 2) post-install scripts have already be run via initial
> setup.
> 3) passwd file.
So, in other words, what you're claiming is that
"It would work, but it won't create any mount points in the registry, nor
will it run any post-install scripts".
Well, thanks for that helpful clarification from the Department of
Redundancy Department!
cheers,
DaveK
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