Re: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-05-21 Thread Andy
Warren Young etr-usa.com> writes: >On 4/30/2012 7:53 AM, James Johnston wrote: >> I put [my cygwin packages] in C:\cygwin\packages. Never had a >> problem. > > Me, too, on my standalone Windows box at home. > > At work, I keep the package tree on a network drive instead, so > multiple client mac

Re: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-30 Thread Warren Young
On 4/30/2012 7:53 AM, James Johnston wrote: -Original Message- Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03 Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin 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

RE: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-30 Thread James Johnston
> -Original Message- > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03 > Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin > > Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows up in > the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with million

Re: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-28 Thread Andy
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: >On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:02:54PM +, Andy wrote: >>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

Re: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:02:54PM +, Andy wrote: >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 >the

Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-28 Thread Andy
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