From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from forward102p.mail.yandex.net (forward102p.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b7:102]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 279ED385457A for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:35:04 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 279ED385457A Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=yandex.ru Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=yandex.ru Received: from forward503p.mail.yandex.net (forward503p.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b7:122]) by forward102p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 8C9EA3940704; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:35:02 +0300 (MSK) Received: from sas1-37da021029ee.qloud-c.yandex.net (sas1-37da021029ee.qloud-c.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:c08:1612:0:640:37da:210]) by forward503p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 29CBC1101E34; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:35:02 +0300 (MSK) Received: by sas1-37da021029ee.qloud-c.yandex.net (smtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id d9ubz2ocEP-Z1VaHCGW; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:35:01 +0300 X-Yandex-Fwd: 1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1668710101; bh=bnan9jXwdIVTfqTKuS+Eu2E4azCvs51nRe/68YMXtdo=; h=In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:References:To:Message-ID:Reply-To:From; b=H4q2xsUdYozuIyRzEGusxkw7qrMxS8nsHjcLYtdhkUFPyW+fS5dOZHialnUHREr76 a4UxEX2dYABSEDeKsJAmGZEHUJfG9fauEVXXau+K7dMDT7CXqcvfOXOxiaP03dsC69 mP4SKeFvpI2ZkoiRxzxQdxZQp5jJyrqrDVPykabI= Authentication-Results: sas1-37da021029ee.qloud-c.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:24:05 -0000 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:24:05 +0300 From: Andrey Repin X-Mailer: The Bat! (v9.3.4) Professional Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <3910073505.20221117212405@yandex.ru> To: Jim Reisert AD1C , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Can I rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin? In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! > Now that Cygwin x86 is nearing/has reached end-of-life, I would like > to rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin. > Other than updating my Windows environment variable (CYGROOT), are > there any "gotchas" in doing this? I already have a D:\Home directory > specified in /etc/nsswitch.conf so I'm not expecting the move to break > that. Please look for my earlier message[1](thread) regarding installation path changes for provided PowerShell script. > Where does setup.exe get its information from? Is there a .ini file > that I will need to edit? Whoever it gets the information, you could easily change it the first time you update the installation at the new place. Consider it a non-issue. The rest of the information is taken from `$InstallPath/etc/setup` > My main concern is that the Cygwin Perl installer may get confused. I > currently have this in my Cygwin environment. It doesn't appear that > such a change will be a problem: > > PERL5LIB=/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5:/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5:/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5 > Is there anything else I'm missing? Depends on your setup, existing symlink targets may be a problem. [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-August/thread.html#252113 -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, November 17, 2022 21:18:24 Sorry for my terrible english...