On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 03:24:52PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: >On 6/18/2013 13:31, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 01:10:06PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: >>>> 3. In MSYS mode Cygwin need to be very portable >>> >>> It would indeed be nice to have a portable Cygwin. That is, one that >>> could be run from a copied directory or USB key, without being formally >>> installed. Such a thing would need to solve the 3PP problem, though, >>> which is Hard (tm). >> >> Why wouldn't that work now? You can copy cygwin1.dll anywhere you want. > >Because FAQ item 4.19, and because 3PP.
The FAQ is out-of-date. Multiple Cygwin copies should coexist peacefully these days although it still is something that we wouldn't necessarily advocate for a novice user. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
