Re: transfering cygwin configuration from win XP to win 7

2013-10-09 Thread Robert Klemme
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Chris Olin wrote: > I recently did this at work by backing up the C:\cygwin directory, my > Windows user profile directory and manually creating the directory > path C:\cygwin\etc\setup, then copying > C:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db to the new computer, running t

Re: transfering cygwin configuration from win XP to win 7

2013-10-08 Thread Chris Olin
I recently did this at work by backing up the C:\cygwin directory, my Windows user profile directory and manually creating the directory path C:\cygwin\etc\setup, then copying C:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db to the new computer, running the installer, and changing the install method from "Default"

Re: transfering cygwin configuration from win XP to win 7

2013-10-07 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 10/7/2013 1:32 PM, J.-C. Mignot wrote: Hi ! I have a cygwin working fine on windows XP. I'm moving to windows 7. Is there a way to copy the configuration of the cygwin that works well to windows 7 without using the wysiwyg setup.exe ? I mean something like a single configuration file ? No, t

transfering cygwin configuration from win XP to win 7

2013-10-07 Thread J.-C. Mignot
Hi ! I have a cygwin working fine on windows XP. I'm moving to windows 7. Is there a way to copy the configuration of the cygwin that works well to windows 7 without using the wysiwyg setup.exe ? I mean something like a single configuration file ? Thanks in advance. JC -- Problem reports: