X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <44C4FE53.80707@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:07:31 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060112 Fedora/1.5-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How can I copy the configuration from one PC to another? References: <44C3F2B9 DOT 8050200 AT gmx DOT de> <44C438E1 DOT 8010507 AT cygwin DOT com> <20060724160601 DOT 232500 AT gmx DOT net> <20060724161729 DOT GA17430 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20060724163920 DOT 232500 AT gmx DOT net> In-Reply-To: <20060724163920.232500@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Daniela Dürbeck wrote: > >> The current version of binutils actually does produce dlls, like, for >> instance, cygwin1.dll. > > Mine are not built. I cite Yaakov from another message: "objdump from > binutils-20060709-1 does absolutely nothing; even running objdump without > any arguments, which in 20050610-1 returns the help message, also does > nothing. Of course, this breaks building shared libraries with libtool, > which is how I discovered this problem." When I return to the former > version, it works. And following that thread, you would find the solution to that problem would be found in a snapshot or, more conveniently now, the new cygwin 1.5.21 package. >> What in the world does this have to do with copying a configuration to >> another PC? > > Nothing. I thought you read my real problem in the other mail and knew that > I have two PCs and wanted to copy the working configuration to the PC > without working configuration. > > But to be able to save a configuration file would be nevertheless useful > because one easily forgets to switch on some files. As Chris mentioned, if you want an exact duplicate of your installation somewhere else, you need to copy your installation directory completely, transfer mounts, and reconfigure and/or start services. There's no one file with the total Cygwin configuration information in it. What you're looking for is a kind of migration tool. At this point, no such tool exists but any that would in the future would have the attributes Chris mentions. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/