From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32348 invoked by alias); 27 Jun 2013 20:47:46 -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 32337 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jun 2013 20:47:45 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mho-03-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:47:45 +0000 Received: from pool-72-74-71-174.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([72.74.71.174] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UsJ6V-0004QI-Ic for cygwin@cygwin.com; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:47:43 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BBC760143 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:47:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18ddHkXKSQNNO3FXg0Uwzwq Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:47:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: offline cygwin install question Message-ID: <20130627204742.GB4300@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <51CB4C14.4030909@molconn.com> <20130627083233.GI6966@calimero.vinschen.de> <20130627165959.GA7709@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <51CC7BD4.6020208@molconn.com> <20130627191501.GA5391@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <51CC9DC1.3000309@molconn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51CC9DC1.3000309@molconn.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00703.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 04:17:05PM -0400, LMH wrote: >> I don't see why. If the directory is duplicated precisely I don't see >> how it could matter. > >What I was referring to here was to just copy the cygwin local package >directory that contains setup.exe and the http% mirror directories, Yes, I knew what you meant. I read your description of the problem but I can't offer any explanation for it. >Regarding this set of instructions, >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-06/msg00657.html > >they seem to be a bit more involved than is necessary. My cygwin install >directory is less than 1GB, so what is the need to use tar? I believe >that when I last re-installed my current OS, I just copied my cygwin >folder to a backup drive and then copied it back to C: after my >re-install. Is there some reason why that is a bad idea? Using tar rather than a Windows utility will make sure that things like symlinks are preserved. And, a tar file will take up less space and be quicker to create than duplicated directory structure. cgf -- 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