From: Harold L Hunt <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin CD question
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:08:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205131853.g4DIr9k17100@pilot16.cl.msu.edu> (raw)
Larry,
Geez, you forgot to offer to sell him the Brooklyn Bridge, like I did :)
Harold
"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com> said:
> At 02:31 PM 5/13/2002, William V. Nicholson wrote:
>
> >I notice from the information on the Redhat website and in the FAQ that
> >there is no Cygwin CD. I am interested in using Cygwin; but I don't
> >believe I require the Cygwin license for my applications. I have
> >previously used Cygwin by downloading it; but I encountered some
> >difficulties with the setup program, especially for downloading source
> >code. (It crashed when I chose the source code option for some packages.)
>
>
> If you haven't tried it recently, try it again. Report specifics of any
> problems you may encounter here.
>
>
> >Actually, one reason that I am interested in using Cygwin is in order to
> >run free integrity checking software like Tripwire and ViperDB that works
> >under Unix. (There is a Tripwire for Windows; but it isn't free.)
>
>
> You must realize that Cygwin doesn't allow you to run a generic UNIX binary,
> right? Cygwin is a layer over Win32 providing a POSIX environment, not a
> UNIX binary emulator.
>
>
> >There
> >are security issues with downloading Cygwin before installing ViperDB or
> >similar software under Cygwin and that is why I am interested in obtaining
> >Cygwin by CD. (My current workaround is just to download Cygwin using the
> >fastest connection available and then burn a CD although that doesn't
> >solve the problem with downloading source code),
>
>
> Actually, if you're having some problem with setup that can't be solved, you
> can download Cygwin in it's entirety using wget or similar tools. From
that,
> you can burn a CD and/or install locally. Anyone providing such a CD to you
> would take a similar approach.
>
>
>
> Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
> RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
> 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>
>
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next reply other threads:[~2002-05-13 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-13 14:08 Harold L Hunt [this message]
2002-05-13 14:13 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-13 19:45 Robert Collins
2002-05-13 14:02 Harold L Hunt
2002-05-13 14:58 ` William V. Nicholson
2002-05-13 16:29 ` cygwin " Christopher Faylor
2002-05-13 22:33 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2002-05-13 13:11 Cygwin " William V. Nicholson
2002-05-13 13:25 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2002-05-13 14:50 ` William V. Nicholson
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