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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 11:54:15 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: question about cygdrive flags string in the registry (Win 2000)
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On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:41:14PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Viviana Cotirlea <vcotirlea AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
>>My question is: Because at one point I would like to distribute the
>>product to others also, and I don't want to obligate them to install
>>the cygwin, I would like to know why this string is required, and if my
>>only solution would be to add that key in the registry if the cygwin is
>>not already installed on that machine?
>
>Cygwin is just not designed to work in that kind of configuration.  So
>don't be surprised when things don't work right.

There is no reaon why just copying the dll and a program shouldn't work.
The program just has to be aware enough to set its own defaults.  Cygwin
*is* designed to work fine in such an environment.

cgf

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