From: "Ben via cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: Cygwin MailList <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Searching full, portable Cygwin package for windows and NOT just the installer
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 05:56:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38d7c1fc-4093-fad0-d7bd-03e6f869e09e@yahoo.co.uk> (raw)
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.
Why use Cygwin such a fishy distribution way?
Is there really no full package to download?
Thank you
Ben
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next reply other threads:[~2018-02-03 5:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-03 5:56 Ben via cygwin [this message]
2018-02-03 8:16 ` David Allsopp
2018-02-05 14:36 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2018-02-04 21:05 ` Andrey Repin
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