X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4FFF3343.5010103@cygwin.com> References: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com> <4FFF3343.5010103@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:31:03 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: best way to re-install and keep cygwin configuration From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > While I would also tend to just copy off my current Cygwin install and then > plop it back in when I finished the O/S reinstall, there will be things > like local user and group accounts in '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/group' that > will need updating. A reinstall of Cygwin avoids some of these little > clean-up tasks that come from just copying over a previous installation. Would one be able to re-execute the post install scripts to manage it? -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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