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: <4.3.1.2.20020513162150.024e7020@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:23:10 -0400 To: Harold L Hunt , cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Cygwin CD question In-Reply-To: <200205131853.g4DIr9k17100@pilot16.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I knew I forgot something! I'll never make it as a salesman... ;-) 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 At 02:53 PM 5/13/2002, Harold L Hunt wrote: >Larry, > >Geez, you forgot to offer to sell him the Brooklyn Bridge, like I did :) > >Harold > >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" said: > > > At 02:31 PM 5/13/2002, William V. Nicholson wrote: > > > > >I notice from the information on the Redhat website and in the FAQ that > > >there is no Cygwin CD. I am interested in using Cygwin; but I don't > > >believe I require the Cygwin license for my applications. I have > > >previously used Cygwin by downloading it; but I encountered some > > >difficulties with the setup program, especially for downloading source > > >code. (It crashed when I chose the source code option for some packages.) > > > > > > If you haven't tried it recently, try it again. Report specifics of any > > problems you may encounter here. > > > > > > >Actually, one reason that I am interested in using Cygwin is in order to > > >run free integrity checking software like Tripwire and ViperDB that works > > >under Unix. (There is a Tripwire for Windows; but it isn't free.) > > > > > > You must realize that Cygwin doesn't allow you to run a generic UNIX binary, > > right? Cygwin is a layer over Win32 providing a POSIX environment, not a > > UNIX binary emulator. > > > > > > >There > > >are security issues with downloading Cygwin before installing ViperDB or > > >similar software under Cygwin and that is why I am interested in obtaining > > >Cygwin by CD. (My current workaround is just to download Cygwin using the > > >fastest connection available and then burn a CD although that doesn't > > >solve the problem with downloading source code), > > > > > > Actually, if you're having some problem with setup that can't be solved, you > > can download Cygwin in it's entirety using wget or similar tools. From >that, > > you can burn a CD and/or install locally. Anyone providing such a CD to you > > would take a similar approach. > > > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > >-- >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/ -- 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/