Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <6DDA62170439D31185750000F80826AC02A2B723@zmerd004.ca.nortel.com> From: "Jay Glanville" To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: How to install on common drive? Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:58:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BFC659.B36E875C" ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFC659.B36E875C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I'm thinking of installing cygwin on a common drive so that my department has single-point, common access. (Just to be a little over-explanatory here, my definition of a common drive is a vob in ClearCase. On NT, when a vob is mounted, it looks and acts like a separate hard drive.) What caveats am I going to experience? - is there any registry entries other then mount points? - other than modification of path, is there any other environment considerations? - I'm assuming because of GPL licensing, I won't get into legal problems by adding cygwin to a repository. (I do know of some products that do not allow you to add them to a multi-site repository, so I'm just checking.) - any other considerations that I can't think of right now? Thanks all for your help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Jay Dickon Glanville 1B24 - SiteManager Development 613-765-1144 (ESN 395-1144) MS: 045/55/A05 E-Mail: dickon AT nortelnetworks DOT com ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFC659.B36E875C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable How to install on common drive?

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this = question.

I'm thinking of installing cygwin on a common drive = so that my department has single-point, common access.  (Just to = be a little over-explanatory here, my definition of a common drive is a = vob in ClearCase.  On NT, when a vob is mounted, it looks and acts = like a separate hard drive.)

What caveats am I going to experience?
  - is there any registry entries other then = mount points?
  - other than modification of path, is there = any other
    environment = considerations?
  - I'm assuming because of GPL licensing, I = won't get
    into legal problems by adding = cygwin to a repository.
    (I do know of some products that = do not allow you to
    add them to a multi-site = repository, so I'm just
    checking.)
  - any other considerations that I can't think = of right now?

Thanks all for your help.

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Jay Dickon Glanville
1B24 - SiteManager Development
613-765-1144 (ESN 395-1144)
MS: 045/55/A05
E-Mail: dickon AT nortelnetworks DOT com

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