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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:24:54 -0500
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: AdminCygwin Release
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On 1/21/2014 12:45 PM, Kizito Porta Balanyà wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to create a "Small Admin Cywgin relase", called AdminCgwin.
> If it works, I will upload to sourceforge.
>
> These are the main lines:
>
> 1- Create an installation windows package (.msi) with WIX.
>
> 2- Default Installed packages: base + admin + apt-cyg.
> The remaining packages should be installed via apt-cyg
>
> 3- Customize /etc/profile to use folders outside the "Installation
> folder".  Folders like Temp, Home must be out "cygwin installation
> folder".
>
> 4- Customize Cygwin.bat to start in a folder with spaces.
>
> 5- Launch a custom action after msi installation, to execute
> postinstall : 000-cygwin-post-install.sh.
> I will try to reset /etc/passwd & /etc/group to the "new SAM machine".
>
> Do you see any drawback that could broke cygwin? Do you have any
> recommendation? I really appreciate your comments.

I see lots of potential issues with something like this, not the
least of which is that it will be a burden for you to keep up-to-date.
I think the question you have to ask yourself is what problem are you
trying to solve and can it be done within the context of setup*.exe
and the existing packages?  If so, you and others are better served
by going that route.


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Larry

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A: Yes.
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