From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 76468 invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2018 17:20:14 -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 76424 invoked by uid 89); 25 Nov 2018 17:20:12 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=ingber, packages, Ingber, lester X-HELO: vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from Unknown (HELO vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.87) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:20:10 +0000 Received: from vsmx001.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.191]) by mta-5-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AAEDC0194 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:20:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Gertrud (unknown [91.47.63.38]) by mta-5-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CADAE3002DE for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:19:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer? References: <20181125143854.GA20164@ingber.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:20:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20181125143854.GA20164@ingber.com> (Lester Ingber's message of "Sun, 25 Nov 2018 06:38:54 -0800") Message-ID: <87y39hkrb7.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-11/txt/msg00174.txt.bz2 Lester Ingber writes: > I'd like to simply transfer my cygwin64/ directory from my old Thinkpad > to my new Thinkpad, both running Win 10 x64 Pro. E.g., I would put my > old c:/cygwin64/ onto a flash SSD USB drive e:/ . > cd c:/ > tar cfp - cygwin64 > e:/cygwin64.tar & > Then e:/cygwin64.tar would be mounted on my new computer. That may or may not work, but please don't (especially not if there's a chance that the old Thinkpad will be used in parallel to the new one). What you do want to keep is any files you have added/edited, but you'll have to check if these edits are still valid. > I'm assuming that there is not actual install required, e.g., having to > run setup-x86_64.exe first on the new computer? The thing you can do is drop the install.db file from the old computer to where it would be in the new (before or after a Base install), nulling all the version strings (I've posted an example of how to do that on this list some time ago). Then setup.exe will find and "upgrade" for all those packages you've had installed previously. However, it may not be the worst idea to drop packages that you don't actually use anymore, so a fresh install may not be a bad idea. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldUserWavetables -- 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