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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:45:50 -0400
To: William Nicholson <WVNicholson AT lbl DOT gov>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin CD question
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At 02:31 PM 5/13/2002, William V. Nicholson wrote:

>I notice from the information on the Redhat website and in the FAQ that
>there is no Cygwin CD.  I am interested in using Cygwin; but I don't
>believe I require the Cygwin license for my applications.  I have
>previously used Cygwin by downloading it; but I encountered some
>difficulties with the setup program, especially for downloading source
>code.  (It crashed when I chose the source code option for some packages.)


If you haven't tried it recently, try it again.  Report specifics of any
problems you may encounter here.


>Actually, one reason that I am interested in using Cygwin is in order to
>run free integrity checking software like Tripwire and ViperDB that works
>under Unix.  (There is a Tripwire for Windows; but it isn't free.)  


You must realize that Cygwin doesn't allow you to run a generic UNIX binary,
right?  Cygwin is a layer over Win32 providing a POSIX environment, not a 
UNIX binary emulator.


>There
>are security issues with downloading Cygwin before installing ViperDB or
>similar software under Cygwin and that is why I am interested in obtaining
>Cygwin by CD.  (My current workaround is just to download Cygwin using the
>fastest connection available and then burn a CD although that doesn't
>solve the problem with downloading source code),


Actually, if you're having some problem with setup that can't be solved, you
can download Cygwin in it's entirety using wget or similar tools.  From that,
you can burn a CD and/or install locally.  Anyone providing such a CD to you
would take a similar approach.



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
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