X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4757CC08.7090504@go4more.de> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:16:40 +0100 From: Albrecht Schlosser User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Installing on a Samba share drive References: <475712A9.5010800@hawaiian.net> <47577067.2070404@cygwin.com> <20071206042618.GA4580@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <47577CDE.9050507@cygwin.com> <20071206045101.GA5219@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20071206045101.GA5219@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:38:54PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:45:43PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>>> Tom Leonard wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I created a Samba share on my Debian system, mapped it to a drive letter >>>>> on my XP Home system and did a full network install of Cygwin on the >>>>> root of the mapped drive. >> Has 'setup.exe' finally been updated to create .lnk file style symlinks? >> Guess it has been a while since I've wandered through that code. :-) > > Ah, good point. I was actually thinking this might have been the same > thing that as someone on IRC was reporting where I thought they said > that they just saw .lnk files but I see now that this wasn't mentioned > above. Sorry about that. > > Same answer, though. Using cygwin utiltities to create the files should > rectify the problem. Well, the OP wrote that he used setup.exe to do "a full network install". Since setup.exe is a native windows program, would this mean that an install to a network share wouldn't work? Albrecht -- 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/