From: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:04:42 +1000 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: D G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:32 AM > > > OK. For those of us who did it the "wrong" way (mine is set > > to H:\), how can I change the local package directory and > > still keep all the current package information? Is it > > automatic? > > Just change it in setup next time you run it. If you want to keep all > the cached data, just copy the directories that look like ftp%3f.... and > their contents to whereever your new local package dir will be. BTW: the > default is the dir you run setup from, so you must have created > c:\cygwin, copied setup there, and then run it...right?
Well, it appears to be automatic since I moved the latest/ contrib/ and http[etc]mirrors.rcn.net[more etc]/ to a seperate drive (not in the path) and setup still ran correctly. I can only conclude that the information about installed packages is stored somewhere else, and that the latest/ contrib/ and [that other directory] are only used to store downloaded packages. > > On the other hand, would it be a good idea for setup.exe to > > tag its directories in some way, like with a zero-byte file, > > so that it doesn't take just any old setup.ini file it finds? > > Mmmm. I'll think about this. I don't want to interfere with users using > mirroring tools. > > Rob -- Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the Z-'s to reply--they're what I do when I read spam) -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup -- 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/
