X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AC1BA13.7070606@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:41:07 +0100 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Installing 1.7 alongside 1.5 - can it be done safely? References: <4AC16CDA.5010801@gmail.com> <20090929071701.GC15296@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20090929071701.GC15296@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Sep 29 03:11, Dave Korn wrote: >> You get precisely one chance and once chance only to make setup-1.7 perform >> a parallel installation for you. The very first time you ever run it you must >> select a new installation dir, and a new local package cache dir, and >> successfully make it to the end of the installation run *without ever pressing >> back or canceling out and restarting*. > > That's a bit too much. The really important part you must get right in > the first try is to enter the correct Root Directory in the "Choose > Installation Directory" dialog. Due to the way Setup works, if you > forgot to set the directory and press "Next" it's too late. In that > case, cancel Setup and restart it. Usually that should do it, though > I didn't try that for quite a long time... Ah, I had a horribly frustrating time trying to get it to not upgrade one of my installations once after I had accidentally gone as far as the chooser page, and got a bit cargo-culty when setup seemed to still know about my 1.5 installation despite having done everything I could think of to hide it, so my advice erred on the side of ludicrously over-cautious. >> (*) - The current plan I think is to withdraw the side-by-side install >> facility when 1.7 leaves beta and 1.5 is officially retired > > No, not really. It doesn't hurt to keep it. Oh, good news :) cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple