Greetings, Roland Mainz! > I tried to install Cygwin on a network share using the UNC path name
Very. Bad. Idea. > (e.g. \\derfwnb4966_ipv4@2049\nfs4\storagetek\cygwintest001\), but got > this response: "The install directory must be absolute, with both a > drive letter and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin" ... > ... is it possible to remove this restriction, so Cygwin can be > installed into UNC paths, please ? If your idea is to use same Cygwin install across multiple systems, then it is a VERY bad idea. Due to the nature of fork call implementation in Cygwin, you may experience unexpected behavior across different systems if DLL address space layout come to be different from that where Cygwin was initially installed. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, May 27, 2024 16:15:05 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
