On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:23:56 -0400 "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 09:45 PM 4/18/2002, Michael A Chase wrote: > >From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "George Hester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 18:09 > >Subject: Re: Where is the manual to manually install Cygwin in Windiows > 2000 > > > Really, there's really no *magic* to setup though... > > > >There are some mount points that _must_ be created for Cygwin to work > >reliable > > > I quite disagree with this point. If it were true, it would be > impossible > to move a Cygwin executable and the DLL to a machine without a Cygwin > install and have it work. This does work in the general case, though > there are specific packages for which it won't without additional > configuration (like the mount points you mentioned, mount type, > environment > variable settings, etc). But those are limited exceptions to the rule. Those limited exceptions generate a lot of "Cygwin is broke" messages like when a version of setup failed to create the /usr/bin and /usr/lib mounts a couple months ago. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/