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Date: | Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:28:30 -0400 |
From: | "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Reloaded Win XP, now need to reload cygwin - sorta |
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Vidiot wrote: > Larry: > >> You may be surprised to find out that these ideas are not new. What's been >> missing in the past has been patches that do something like what you suggest >> in a compelling way. If you're interested, you may be able to remedy that. > > I'm happy to read that the idea isn't new. > > As much as I'd like to update the setup program, I know zero about Windoze > programming, and really prefer to keep it that way. I'm a Unix programmer, > born an bred. If you were talking Sun package install, then it would be > right up my alley. > > And since I suspect the setup program requires Windoze programming knowledge, > I would not be any help in adding that feature. > > It must not be easy, or it would have been done by now? The 'setup.exe' code is in a "challenged" state which can make adding features "challenging". Perhaps you'd like to provide a Sun installer and then port it to Cygwin. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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