Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20020419150707.02a3fd90@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:15:15 -0400 To: Michael A Chase , cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Where is the manual to manually install Cygwin in Windiows 2000 In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.1.2.20020419100936.02a1f840@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <4.3.1.2.20020418205817.02523098@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <4.3.1.2.20020419100936.02a1f840@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:12 PM 4/19/2002, Michael A Chase wrote: >On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:23:56 -0400 "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: > > > At 09:45 PM 4/18/2002, Michael A Chase wrote: > > >From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" > > >To: "George Hester" ; > > >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 18:09 > > >Subject: Re: Where is the manual to manually install Cygwin in Windiows > > 2000 > > > > > Really, there's really no *magic* to setup though... > > > > > >There are some mount points that _must_ be created for Cygwin to work > > >reliable > > > > > > I quite disagree with this point. If it were true, it would be > > impossible > > to move a Cygwin executable and the DLL to a machine without a Cygwin > > install and have it work. This does work in the general case, though > > there are specific packages for which it won't without additional > > configuration (like the mount points you mentioned, mount type, > > environment > > variable settings, etc). But those are limited exceptions to the rule. > >Those limited exceptions generate a lot of "Cygwin is broke" messages like when >a version of setup failed to create the /usr/bin and /usr/lib mounts a >couple months ago. Exactly. Which is why manual installation processes are a "use at your own risk" approach. My point is, if you're so inclined, you *can* install Cygwin and any of it's packages manually, without setup. Again, the only reason I mention this is because there have been indications from folks on this list that there is something which setup does that can't be reproduced by any other mechanism. This is just plain false. However, I am in no way encouraging people to use or generate an installation method other than setup. Certainly, if one does so, this list cannot entertain questions about installation problems based on such a procedure. I hope this message and my previous response to this thread clarifies the installation issue for those of all interests. I guess we'll see if that is indeed the case. ;-) Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/