From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
To: Greg Miller <gmiller@classic-games.com>
Cc: cygwin users <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: [ANN] Cygwin DEV survey
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990311132932.22389.rocketmail@send1e.yahoomail.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990331194500.U_6t_7g0wOEPvWX0RG76R4esjNDbjjoXS3T2tK6MMfo@z> (raw)
---Greg Miller <gmiller@classic-games.com> wrote:
>
> Michael Weiser wrote:
> > Why? Someone who can't do a tar -xzvf will also be unable to use
> > cygwin after install. It's the old thread which shows up here
> > regularly and I'm one of those who want tar's or even better rpm's.
>
> Except that the above tar command isn't equivalent to a full
> InstallShield executable. Further, many cygwin users just want to run
> one or two pieces of UNIX software, not use a full simulation of UNIX.
You've just given a perfectly good reason why _NOT_ to use
InstallShield. With InstallShield, unless the packager has provided
for it, you can't just pick and choose like you would be able to with
tar.
I know, I know; can't this thread just die? Well, I just couldn't
resist responding.
==
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next reply other threads:[~1999-03-31 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-11 5:30 Earnie Boyd [this message]
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Earnie Boyd
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1999-03-11 6:07 Jonathan Pryor
1999-03-11 16:42 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Jonathan Pryor
1999-03-10 18:46 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-08 6:58 Smith, Martin
1999-03-09 17:40 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Smith, Martin
1999-03-08 5:50 Earnie Boyd
1999-03-09 17:40 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E5C95D.7810@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-10 7:18 ` Michael Weiser
[not found] ` < 36e94a87.1879752@mail.weiser.saale-net.de >
1999-03-10 7:44 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199903101543.KAA07228@envy.delorie.com >
1999-03-10 18:33 ` Michael Weiser
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Michael Weiser
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-11 0:15 ` Greg Miller
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Greg Miller
1999-03-11 15:59 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E70E49.4A77@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-12 7:10 ` Michael Weiser
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Michael Weiser
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Michael Weiser
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-03-08 2:33 Smith, Martin
1999-03-09 17:40 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Smith, Martin
1999-03-07 19:09 Earnie Boyd
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-03-07 15:52 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-07 14:08 N8TM
[not found] ` < 57b99220.36e2f890@aol.com >
1999-03-07 14:22 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-07 15:55 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E311C7.672E@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-07 17:25 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` N8TM
1999-03-07 10:13 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-07 9:19 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] ` < 007501be68c0$ee6d69b0$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com >
1999-03-07 10:07 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-07 10:11 ` Tripp Lilley
1999-03-07 15:54 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Tripp Lilley
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-03-07 9:11 Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E2B26B.BEA9DC67@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-07 10:06 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199903071805.NAA13212@envy.delorie.com >
1999-03-07 11:10 ` Michael Hirmke
[not found] ` < 7COu0ETppfB@mike.franken.de >
1999-03-07 12:53 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-07 15:55 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-07 15:55 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E30E97.7310@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-07 16:11 ` Tripp Lilley
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Tripp Lilley
1999-03-07 17:16 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Michael Hirmke
1999-03-07 15:54 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E30CB6.1B5F@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-07 16:41 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Chris Faylor
1999-03-07 17:13 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-08 22:58 ` Greg Miller
[not found] ` < 36E4C5C5.B27DD935@classic-games.com >
1999-03-09 8:47 ` Steve Morris
1999-03-09 11:48 ` Greg Miller
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Greg Miller
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Steve Morris
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Greg Miller
1999-03-09 17:39 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` < 36E5C12D.5017@uni-duesseldorf.de >
1999-03-09 17:42 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-08 7:14 ` Michael Weiser
[not found] ` < 36e38cb6.1308201@mail.weiser.saale-net.de >
1999-03-08 7:20 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-09 17:40 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Michael Weiser
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
[not found] ` <199903081523.KAA03738@brocade.nexen.com>
1999-03-08 7:34 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` <87yal7dgkn.fsf@mattdav.vip.best.com>
1999-03-08 10:06 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199903081805.NAA22437@envy.delorie.com >
1999-03-08 11:48 ` Steve Morris
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Steve Morris
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` DJ Delorie
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Stipe Tolj
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