X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:45:12 -0800 From: rhubbell To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RFE?: CygWinDir in ENV? (was Re: How does one find where Cygwin was installed from Windows?) Message-Id: <20090210124512.702b9956.Rhubbell@iHubbell.com> In-Reply-To: <4991E561.6020002@cygwin.com> References: <4990B031.4050807@tlinx.org> <4990B128.7030004@cygwin.com> <4990CB8D.3050704@tlinx.org> <4990D05A.4050202@cygwin.com> <4990DA52.9050900@tlinx.org> <4990E0BF.1010502@cygwin.com> <4990EC89.8070901@tlinx.org> <4991004F.1080006@cygwin.com> <4991E1CC.9060804@tlinx.org> <4991E561.6020002@cygwin.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Are you and Linda married by any chance? On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:36:49 -0500 "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote: > On 02/10/2009, Linda Walsh wrote: > > Plblblblb....! (*raz*) > > > > Um...so..um... > > I know it could spoil your day and all...but it really would > > be more *linux* like if it was added to the environment variables. > > OK, I need to be clear. I have nothing against the enviroment variable > idea. I was making (a little) joke. > > If you'd like to see this happen, I'd suggest offering it as a patch > to 'setup.exe'. Since I'm not the gatekeeper for 'setup.exe' code, > whether or not I'm convinced it's a good idea isn't necessarily > going to help or hurt your cause. The patch is likely to be the path of > least (though not necessarily 'no') resistence. > > > I forget, does Cygwin offer the option of installing for 1 user vs. > > "all users"? I only remember it being installed for "all"...? > > Both are offered in 1.7. > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/