X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:49:10 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [Parallels 3.0, MacOS 10.4.9] Cygwin install probs and how do I subscribe Message-ID: <20070726014910.GB29910@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <46A79AE5 DOT 3020404 AT noaa DOT gov> <46A7EC0B DOT 4030401 AT aol DOT com> <00db01c7cf20$b19c92c0$2e08a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00db01c7cf20$b19c92c0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 02:02:52AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >On 26 July 2007 01:34, Tim Prince wrote: > >> David DOT L DOT Goldsmith AT noaa DOT gov wrote: >>> First, how do I subscribe to the list? >> Instructions are at www.cygwin.com and at the bottom of each forwarded >> e-mail. >> >>> The other problem I'm having is that Mr. Sheppard states that after >>> cygwin is installed and ATLAS downloaded and unpacked, it is built w/ >>> make, but my cygwin installation does not appear to have come w/ make - >>> am I supposed to download and build that separately? >> make is available on the cygwin setup selection window, as are other >> development packages you would need. >> Generally speaking, putting cygwin stuff in your Windows environment >> should be avoided. This list doesn't like to spend a lot of time >> telling people how to muck up and later fix their setup. > > That's a bit overcautious. In the case of the CYGWIN environment variable >it's even wrong, since some of the options (tty) you have to have set /before/ >you fire up your shell. And I /always/ put cygwin's bin dir in my 'doze PATH, >so that I can use it from a cmd shell. Doesn't cause me any problems. This is right, of course. There is no reason to avoid putting the Cygwin bin directory in your Windows path. It's bad advice to tell people not to do that. cgf -- 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/