From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 99593 invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2018 18:50:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 99573 invoked by uid 89); 25 Nov 2018 18:50:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*UA:Bat!, H*r:ip*192.168.1.10, H*RU:192.168.1.10, Hx-spam-relays-external:192.168.1.10 X-HELO: forward103o.mail.yandex.net Received: from forward103o.mail.yandex.net (HELO forward103o.mail.yandex.net) (37.140.190.177) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:50:05 +0000 Received: from mxback3g.mail.yandex.net (mxback3g.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b7:164]) by forward103o.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id F178E5884862; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:50:01 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp3o.mail.yandex.net (smtp3o.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::27]) by mxback3g.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id zuGqrzHlfl-o1umpQJT; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:50:01 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1543171801; bh=83IZsW+djCzjIpUMLW1yIaKW+AONHyHAjv8JS3QQWE0=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:Message-ID:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=UO+z7baN6pzkvnS4fs3BmLSG3Dcc9AOk6tRPXgQRLYrMNXAvw1IC4zdMPwPJ2uGC3 RFxSbenGrmG7udGaQ7t8S+KS2cbXJTixlHkbdxRxQ8ULNLmQceqQP0I9jaQ0V2KV0d ANZaYjg5/9XS4zkj4cr9OqpgpmD+KdHqK9SMiY98= Received: by smtp3o.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id PVLZWJnSlq-o03Cs7Fg; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:50:00 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1543171800; bh=83IZsW+djCzjIpUMLW1yIaKW+AONHyHAjv8JS3QQWE0=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:Message-ID:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=v14XQVdku7iC82M7a0l+CWJLugLHAG9Nb1LW4g1h2tgPKtEf93DJk+FKgJC2w46uz 82vH7/Oo9XIpU3hyumqqbGTN5q9JLGzLTn8JBq4mCIMseh5bNOWo+LxV1Npewl3te9 1keptJ9Wk1XLXv8p+YdnEoXR2oRCLGYL0Bj+kZXE= Authentication-Results: smtp3o.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:48:50 -0000 Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:50:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <114483410.20181125214850@yandex.ru> To: Lester Ingber , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer? In-Reply-To: <20181125143854.GA20164@ingber.com> References: <20181125143854.GA20164@ingber.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-11/txt/msg00175.txt.bz2 Greetings, Lester Ingber! > I'd like to simply transfer my cygwin64/ directory from my old Thinkpad > to my new Thinkpad, both running Win 10 x64 Pro. E.g., I would put my > old c:/cygwin64/ onto a flash SSD USB drive e:/ . > cd c:/ > tar cfp - cygwin64 > e:/cygwin64.tar & > Then e:/cygwin64.tar would be mounted on my new computer. > I'm assuming that there is not actual install required, Depends what you mean by "install". One of the postinstall processes is DLL rebasing, which is crucial for working Cygwin installation. > e.g., having to run setup-x86_64.exe first on the new computer? I strongly suggest installing anew, as other prople suggested. You can take a shortcut by pulling the installed.db out of old setup, but take care. And yes, backing up your existing installation is still a good idea. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Sunday, November 25, 2018 21:46:59 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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