From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20336 invoked by alias); 4 Feb 2018 21:05:08 -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 20306 invoked by uid 89); 4 Feb 2018 21:05:07 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*F:D*yandex.ru, H*M:yandex, CygWin, Sunday X-HELO: forward100p.mail.yandex.net Received: from forward100p.mail.yandex.net (HELO forward100p.mail.yandex.net) (77.88.28.100) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:05:05 +0000 Received: from mxback12j.mail.yandex.net (mxback12j.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1619::87]) by forward100p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 2EED65103400; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 00:05:02 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp1j.mail.yandex.net (smtp1j.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:801::ab]) by mxback12j.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id peGsaLcu8m-51QatrPM; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:05:02 +0300 Received: by smtp1j.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id AaDp57Y1qC-51naiMNM; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:05:01 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Authentication-Results: smtp1j.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, 04 Feb 2018 20:57:51 -0000 Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:05:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1268709231.20180204235751@yandex.ru> To: Ben , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Searching full, portable Cygwin package for windows and NOT just the installer In-Reply-To: <38d7c1fc-4093-fad0-d7bd-03e6f869e09e@yahoo.co.uk> References: <38d7c1fc-4093-fad0-d7bd-03e6f869e09e@yahoo.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-02/txt/msg00023.txt.bz2 Greetings, Ben! > When I go to web page > http://cygwin.com/ > then I can download CygWin from there (currently the file "setup-x86_64.exe"). > Unfortunately this file is just an installer which retrieves in turn > several other files from Internet and remote servers. > Since I have no overview what is downloaded from which server I distrust such installers in general. > I prefer full packages which contains everything needed and can be > inspected in advance (e.g. by virus scanners) before > actual installation. > 99,9% of all software is offered in such a way. Cygwin per se is a single DLL (cygwin1.dll), not a "software" in a way you perceive it. > Why use Cygwin such a fishy distribution way? Normal distribution way. 99.9% operating systems are distributed the same way. > Is there really no full package to download? Define "full package"? How "full"? "Package" of what? -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Sunday, February 4, 2018 23:54:12 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