X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS,TVD_SPACED_SUBJECT_WORD3 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <495BB6DF.1000108@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:15:59 +0000 From: Andy Koppe User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: MinTTY References: <495917BA.1090401@gmail.com> <495AA549.6020503@gmail.com> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DE2@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A211B41DE2@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> 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 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >> Ideally it would be a .msi that installs just the exe and the readme >> into %PROGRAMFILES%\MinTTY and puts a shortcut to the exe directly >> into Start Menu\Programs. > > Please don't make this the only way to install this. Some of us (e.g., > yours truly) do not have permissions that allow installation into > %PROGRAMFILES%. Rest assured that I certainly wouldn't want to make an installer the only option (and any installer ought to offer a choice of installation directory anyway). But as you say, this is now a moot question as Gary has taken the option off the table and Yaakov has started work on a Cygwin package. Andy -- 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/