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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:17:35 -0500
To: Joost Kraaijeveld <J DOT Kraaijeveld AT Askesis DOT nl>,
        "Cygwin AT Sourceware. Cygnus. Com (E-mail)" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Placement of source file by setup.exe
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At 03:09 PM 11/28/2000, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
>Would it be desirable to have setup.exe put the source files of the packages
>in /usr/src or /src instead of in / and assorted other places?
>
>Joost Kraaijeveld
>Askesis B.V.
>Molukkenstraat 14
>6524NB Nijmegen
>tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277
>fax: 024-3608416
>email: J DOT Kraaijeveld AT Askesis DOT nl
>web: www.askesis.nl 



I think Chris has answered, in the past, why the source tarballs are not 
given a specific root path (and end up in "/" by default).  If you want to
modify setup to put these in some user specified root, with an appropriate
default, my guess is that your patch would be duly considered!;-)



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