From: marco atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>
Cc: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: Switch to a new PC
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 13:11:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB8Xom9HBdG4p4iUwJUemELnH=7U7fPgHdOsdwyt-Pk4EVepSQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1c710a38-0f55-e150-ea6d-83ce8de48557@towo.net>
On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 11:52 AM Thomas Wolff wrote:
> I wouldn't expect most tools to work on special files in /dev. Even tar
> fails on /proc, it would begin to pack your local registry...
> Make a basic installation on the new system, then sync the rest.
> An even cleaner way might be to clone your installation via setup, using
> /etc/setup/installed.db - maybe someone has a script for that -
> and then just sync the /home hierarchy.
script I wrote some time ago for re-installation
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46829532/cygwin-save-package-selections-for-later-reinstall/
> Thomas
Regards
Marco
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-04 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-04 10:09 Vanda Vodkamilkevich
2022-02-04 10:26 ` Russell VT
2022-02-04 10:52 ` Thomas Wolff
2022-02-04 12:11 ` marco atzeri [this message]
2022-02-09 15:12 ` Vanda Vodkamilkevich
2022-02-09 18:05 ` Adam Dinwoodie
2022-02-10 13:53 ` Jon Turney
2022-02-10 14:41 ` Vanda Vodkamilkevich
2022-02-04 17:15 ` Brian Inglis
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