From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7363 invoked by alias); 19 Jun 2013 08:15:14 -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 7310 invoked by uid 89); 19 Jun 2013 08:15:14 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:13 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2B691520781; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:15:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:05:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Adding MSYS functionality to Cygwin Message-ID: <20130619081511.GH1620@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <51C0B08E.8080900@etr-usa.com> <20130618193101.GB4868@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <51C0D024.7000404@etr-usa.com> <20130619020354.GB3669@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130619020354.GB3669@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00489.txt.bz2 On Jun 18 22:03, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 03:24:52PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > >On 6/18/2013 13:31, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 01:10:06PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > >>>> 3. In MSYS mode Cygwin need to be very portable > >>> > >>> It would indeed be nice to have a portable Cygwin. That is, one that > >>> could be run from a copied directory or USB key, without being formally > >>> installed. Such a thing would need to solve the 3PP problem, though, > >>> which is Hard (tm). > >> > >> Why wouldn't that work now? You can copy cygwin1.dll anywhere you want. > > > >Because FAQ item 4.19, and because 3PP. > > The FAQ is out-of-date. Multiple Cygwin copies should coexist peacefully > these days although it still is something that we wouldn't necessarily > advocate for a novice user. I'll rewrite that FAQ. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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