X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46F1728D.70900@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:03:41 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh ProxyCommand not finding anything to execute References: <12742301.post@talk.nabble.com> <46EF0E13.9020805@acm.org> <12779359.post@talk.nabble.com> <46F14167.2020003@cygwin.com> <12780291.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <12780291.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 SQueeZe wrote: > Thanks for your reply Larry, I will continue with the cwRsync guys. > > The 'advantage' of a package like cwRsync is that most Windows users > wouldn't understand or want to dabble with a cywgin install and the > intricacies that go along with it. cwRsync can be installed in about 10 > seconds, and requires no knowledge of *Nix; I don't think the same could be > said of Cygwin. Although I love Cygwin, if you just want a tiny, single > subset of its functionality, then it just isn't worth the full install. > > Of course this has it's disadvantages as we are finding out now..... > > Thanks again for your help. I'm confused by the perception that Cygwin is an "all or nothing" deal. It's certainly possible to set up a package server that doles out just a subset of the entire distribution. 'setup.exe' does this now. The default set of packages is far less than the whole distribution. Any package server with its own 'setup.ini' can define a larger or smaller set of default packages. 'setup.exe' will install only those defaults if the user doesn't select any others. I don't see where any of that requires special knowledge. But since cwRsync is still a Cygwin-based app, I also don't see how one can get away from the fact that it's based in Cygwin and has its roots in Unix/Linux/POSIX environments. This would show through even with a vanilla Windows port. All that said, there's still no reason a third-party can't "go it's own way". Personally, I'd rather see them add value by working with Cygwin instead of against it. But I like synergy. ;-) -- 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/