> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Peter Rehley > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:44
Much snippage, just to summarize the essence of the post and it's role in the conversation: > On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Dave Korn wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd > >> Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16 > >> After you have a working installation on any computer, you > can zip and > >> copy the C:\CYGWIN directory. It is totally self contained, and > >> should work fine anywhere. > > Nonsense! That method won't create any mount points in the > > registry, nor will it run any post-install scripts. The correct > Actually, what the person mention would work. Only thing left out > would be the registry settings. > Potential problems could arise in > 1) Registry settings. These would need to be exported. > 2) post-install scripts have already be run via initial > setup. > 3) passwd file. So, in other words, what you're claiming is that "It would work, but it won't create any mount points in the registry, nor will it run any post-install scripts". Well, thanks for that helpful clarification from the Department of Redundancy Department! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/