X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43AB4B06.7000006@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:55:34 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050929 Thunderbird/1.0.7 Fedora/1.0.7-1.1.fc4 Mnenhy/0.7.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: angel bosch CC: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: custom installer References: <43AA957B.8010205@brujulatelecom.com> <20051222123148.GF32312@calimero.vinschen.de> <43AA9F83.8000108@brujulatelecom.com> <20051222130914.GG32312@calimero.vinschen.de> <43AAEDFC.9070101@brujulatelecom.com> In-Reply-To: <43AAEDFC.9070101@brujulatelecom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 angel bosch wrote: >> If you're talking about just installing tools within your own company, >> you're fine. >> > > ok, any info about the topic? > > i just want to know what exaclty do the installer of cygwin to avoid any > problem. > > is enough with copying the whole directory? No. It also runs, at least, post install scripts, creates mount points, etc. If you want to know the details of what "setup.exe" does, you should look at the code. See . If you're just interested in discussion on how to install without "setup.exe", you can browse the archives. The subject comes up now and then and various folks have indulged the poster on occasion with suggestions and so forth. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/