On Jun 18 22:03, Christopher Faylor wrote: > 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 The FAQ is out-of-date.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.
I'll rewrite that FAQ. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
