* Can I rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin?
@ 2022-11-17 16:58 Jim Reisert AD1C
2022-11-17 18:24 ` Andrey Repin
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From: Jim Reisert AD1C @ 2022-11-17 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin Mailing List
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.
Where does setup.exe get its information from? Is there a .ini file
that I will need to edit?
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?
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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* Re: Can I rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin?
2022-11-17 16:58 Can I rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin? Jim Reisert AD1C
@ 2022-11-17 18:24 ` Andrey Repin
2022-11-17 22:57 ` Jim Reisert AD1C
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrey Repin @ 2022-11-17 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jim Reisert AD1C, cygwin
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 `$InstallPath/etc/setup`
> My main concern is that the Cygwin Perl installer may get confused. I
> currently have this in my Cygwin environment. It doesn't appear that
> such a change will be a problem:
>
> PERL5LIB=/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5:/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5:/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5
> Is there anything else I'm missing?
Depends on your setup, existing symlink targets may be a problem.
[1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-August/thread.html#252113
--
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, November 17, 2022 21:18:24
Sorry for my terrible english...
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* Re: Can I rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin?
2022-11-17 18:24 ` Andrey Repin
@ 2022-11-17 22:57 ` Jim Reisert AD1C
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jim Reisert AD1C @ 2022-11-17 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:35 AM Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
Please look for my earlier message[1](thread) regarding installation path
> changes for provided PowerShell script.
>
> > Where does setup.exe get its information from? Is there a .ini file
> > that I will need to edit?
>
> The rest of the information is taken from `$InstallPath/etc/setup`
>
> > 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
>
Thank you Andrey!
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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