X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB,SARE_MILLIONSOF,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "James Johnston" To: References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:53:51 -0000 Message-ID: <028701cd26d8$ad7accb0$08706610$@motionview3d.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 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 > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03 > Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin > > Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows up in > the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with millions of package > folders. But what if I create a folder c:\Cygwin\LocalPkgs and stick them in > there? From the 10,000 foot perspective, it certainly would be a lot more > organized to have all cygwin stuff in one windows folder. I put mine in C:\cygwin\packages. Never had a problem. I have no idea why setup defaults to putting things on my desktop (if I remember right). Just makes more unwanted clutter on my desktop. But it's easy to change and it works fine in a Cygwin subdirectory in my experience. -- 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