X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:07:46 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: question about cygwin package Message-ID: <20100226190746.GA31209@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <37e8e8a340e04c3a4aaeb2e13b9d5818 AT mail DOT smartmobili DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <37e8e8a340e04c3a4aaeb2e13b9d5818@mail.smartmobili.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:05:16PM +0100, Vincent Richomme wrote: >Hi, > >I am just curious to understand how package are installed on cygwin >because from what I can see they are stored as .tar.bz2 archive. >Let's say I have a package with one exe, so it will be packaged >inside \usr\bin : > >usr > bin > someapp.exe > >however once installed it will end up inside CYGWINDIR/bin >and not CYGWINDIR/usr/bin. >I understand it comes from the fact that /usr/bin is mapped >on CYGWINDIR/bin BUT what I don't understand is how do you move files >inside package into their final destination. cd / tar xjf foo.tar.bz2 Where foo.tar.bz2 contains relative paths to where you want things installed. Inspect one of Cygwin's tar.bz2 packages for a real example. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple