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: From: Peter Ring To: "'Dave Arnold'" , "'Ross Smith'" , "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: RE: Why does cygwin 1.1.2 hide /usr/bin? Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:00:42 +0200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.996.62 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In my case, "an existing installation" means a local NTFS volume with a more or less FHS complying file hierarchy. I do not currently mount anything into the cygwin file system except the root (I:\ becomes /) and a number of NTFS volumes (so that, e.g., D:\ becomes /d). I install native ports of TeX (MikTeX), GNU Emacs, Ghostscript, Python, etc. into this file hierarchy in much the same way these applications would be installed on a *nix box, e.g., emacs add-ons are located in I:\usr\local\share\emacs\site-lisp, MikTeX generates fonts and format files to I:\var\cache, etc. etc. Also, you'll find it is a lot easier to install Cygwin/XFree86 if you have a 'normal' file hierarchy. Me think life is simpler this way; why re-invent the wheel? We use GNU and open source utilities as parts of a publishing system, and I'll eventually put most of the cygwin file system on a network share in order to minimize local installation and maintenance. I'm also very pleased with the development of inetutils and the support of NT security (thank you, Corinna!); we are finally getting away from having to install and run everything locally on each users' box. The cygwin distribution tarballs usually have a sensible configuration, with a slight tendency to use '/' as the prefix in case where I'd use '/usr' (e.g., bison gets installed in /bin). I haven't had to move things around. Anyway, the proper thing to do would be to recompile with another prefix. Kind regards Peter Ring -----Original Message----- From: Dave Arnold [mailto:avr_fan AT mailandnews DOT com] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 2:04 AM To: Peter Ring; 'Ross Smith'; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Why does cygwin 1.1.2 hide /usr/bin? Question: When you untar a package yourself, you mean you're untarring updated files over an existing installation right? Does the directory structure of the tar files overlay correctly into the cygnus root directory? or do we have to do some manual moving and copying of files to the correct location? Just curious, in case I decide to try this someday. /Dave -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com