Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows up in the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with millions of package folders. But what if I create a folder c:\Cygwin\LocalPkgs and stick them in there? From the 10,000 foot perspective, it certainly would be a lot more organized to have all cygwin stuff in one windows folder.
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