X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q= dns; s=default; b=PZ8iGw30m0iyiFdMF2Bq2XZ8ZVGVYCBLjcQlFnFP0xgTE7 sftJFFKWdzbz42o1YfglTREhJSkkaSdsjdRJIvkCS4DT5X0DJ63dcPUW7pBxIQz0 FHpwfFXMxTqnvSpSDG35/2MqF8UNwSpZG1MwAlgnLhf5R6ysfaWJ9ULoHt880= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= default; bh=CifGEMkIFewbezpirKlcr7v/EMo=; b=SA1pVy/rD9eYow2sSmqs jA00cIWlUZXf42YzNJVpvO3nbo/qAguuejIxdaxHSKLEKZZ+39qwDfnEE/Iqvzqm wm9uJi6MvR9a7jopL6g/J0soHcnlsthyFCzeZu3UNwgBg9m2VODCFNd9ps9hS6fw aYsWBIanSnRuPZj7ki7nq7w= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=HX-Languages-Length:1025, H*u:build, H*UA:build, HContent-Transfer-Encoding:8bit X-HELO: qrelay220.mxroute.com From: Brent Epp To: Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:57:09 -0600 Message-ID: <16fc6084788.2780.a1382e26d1292f71ec6ef0cd03d49346@pdc.ca> In-Reply-To: References: <16fc5b08e80 DOT 2780 DOT a1382e26d1292f71ec6ef0cd03d49346 AT pdc DOT ca> User-Agent: AquaMail/1.7.0-80 (build: 100700001) Subject: RE: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AuthUser: brent AT pdc DOT ca X-IsSubscribed: yes Fair enough. I don't think I've encountered any scripts that modify the system in my use of cygwin, so I didn't think of it. You're correct, "mostly portable" is more accurate. On January 20, 2020 20:33:22 "Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin" wrote: >> Cygwin is totally portable! > > I wouldn't be so sure, as some package installation scripts do modify the > actual system, which is not contained within the Cygwin installation tree. > But mostly it is indeed portable. > >> You can simply copy the installation folder > > If you think that didn't occur to me, then please read my original message > that said: > >> > I want to avoid to dumb-copy the entire C:\cygwin tree from one PC to another > > Thank you for your time, though. > > Anton > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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