From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8880 invoked by alias); 10 Aug 2006 19:53:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 8870 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Aug 2006 19:53:29 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-71-248-179-229.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (71.248.179.229) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:53:27 +0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id AA39213C042; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:53:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:53:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List Subject: Re: Cygintl-3.dll was not found Message-ID: <20060810195325.GB935@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List References: <58fb98730601070837k26ad68f5l@mail.gmail.com> <43BFEFB9.EA24C5B4@dessent.net> <5718434.post@talk.nabble.com> <003001c6bb9a$4e15b140$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <5732487.post@talk.nabble.com> <20060809210958.GA3815@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20060810005356.GC8336@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List X-SW-Source: 2006-q3/txt/msg00130.txt.bz2 On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:13:26AM -0500, mwoehlke wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 05:34:02PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote: >>>Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>>On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 12:38:47PM -0700, infoterror wrote: >>>>>Under windows, programs are installed by default in "C:\Program Files." >>>>>cygwin's preferred "c:\cygwin" is foolish and makes an unnecessary mess >>>>>of installations. >>>>I disagree. Not all packages install in "c:\Program Files" and putting >>>>Cygwin's root directory there would mean extra typing, potential >>>>"filename with spaces" problems, and, most importantly, it would mean 10 >>>>extra characters eaten from the MAX_PATH limit. Also, as is pointed out >>>>later in this thread, there is a whole filesystem underneath the >>>>c:\cygwin directory. Right or wrong, I've always considered Cygwin to >>>>be sort of a parallel to the Windows directory. >>>> >>>>You can, of course, choose your own location, however. I don't see why >>>>this should be a big issue for anyone who installs Cygwin. If they know >>>>about "c:\Program Files" and think that's the place that cygwin should >>>>go, they are welcome to put things there. >>>> >>>>What kind of problems do you think are being caused by installing to >>>>"c:\cygwin" and/or what kind of problems would be solved by installing >>>>to "c:\Program Files\cygwin"? >>>Whew. Thanks for wording that better than what I was managing. :-) >> >>Thanks. >> >>So what kind of response would you expect to my mail? More "thin >>intelligence", "foolish" responses? > >Are you asking if I thought your response was reasonable and >non-inflammatory (yes; it helped /me/ step back and start thinking again >:-)), or if I think infoterror is a troll? Or do I just not understand >the question? I was just wondering if we'd get more of the same. Just an idle question. cgf