From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lj1-x22a.google.com (mail-lj1-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7777A3858421 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:12:41 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 7777A3858421 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 7777A3858421 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::22a ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1700730763; cv=none; b=L1YKfeWgCqQnjky2SUhWqD2nyk50oUmtQo2DUhhb0Ke5qofbFZ34ZQu1WfxAVPZdiFECebuA0JYjXggPPUp6nvfncYbgh1NKCwyG+xliT5N9W2jDRQYE/KoR0kdp1GGHmTcL/5D7GV/FL9RrMWYEWApLE/NviMpRcBkZKNcJJsY= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1700730763; c=relaxed/simple; bh=nyDVNMW0/F02o/V6+Xrs65vC6Ke+Xq4KzNCaHlD3zM0=; h=DKIM-Signature:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject; b=FO5IdCu13CUgEtm216s1ExPi7XYMuk/4lsAA1gVtlKMibUJvwoB+ReTWCzb/KjbsXN7/LpgGAiVOdt6KYlJ6dU1o2kQBUKwVaVyLche9iWL9KOWivVAr0ShqV9RX4Gt1PU2BrSFu9YlZ1e9w0sgve19fjQS/YEE8LxPDYTpl6sM= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: by mail-lj1-x22a.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2c72e275d96so8601981fa.2 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 01:12:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1700730760; x=1701335560; darn=cygwin.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=uO0Y2B5/xwJ9tgQiA0N7poHci3z/pb3duKNuFdZZ8sI=; b=Fc/bE/X7k95ed9qS1YEwCuPYyTUtq0Kl7kF7JY6z+VyGbs/FU3SXw2Yf/aIzXeO+tG kkREv7bVN4DN2fAwTwpW9x9X8SZqE1lZ7WsSKXByl6eEY/+gkswc8XE/1gnjpfCWUCkC T72NwOFKsR5poFMtC9+QLCFLjF80nt7BFu2dpgfCwLcqtqUi1ss8KdkuniXcj2TPDGNs ZdHn7Na/j4vvriJ8HOwV/p8lj9r3g7J1HtaBjtDMTOYXLx4WqtgFscn2pSSifKaMe/f7 sKyMK5oDCpvidti+bgWxfjuXYKIF935gvszX7LDG9yiHprp2f17LNQ9v325dYT/vuzLD 8zBA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1700730760; x=1701335560; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=uO0Y2B5/xwJ9tgQiA0N7poHci3z/pb3duKNuFdZZ8sI=; b=XLi6iJSeC+rWUUmLRk21SIjirnRL9BDD+51AFBzRPkGjBceUk8BLcq1YMn85vRKjEv MSFyq1NG6U/zyzkxcXahGbNgkdraaq1sNbQZcuwiDBY/8jpfEj3tRWGHCvSi475tAwo2 spaf/3GvS0wYMRAD2bfCer8yjYj5QcEbWIO9IXJo2mm5UK4B8mKDvpmVVT1A/oI8M2Ho n/PpdRLcmeg8UE9bmLTtP2PbbKyZmBpi5iG5OQQOYHjTtGWzgpb89GU5cF+zOIhyafBD 0NDqpb4nrkZzlMIFe2IrBAI85/TQIr1/i4QnlfgaJBC/ER1h9Xuhbc/ETSPSHPiSpQ2V Cplg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz4lASgUFxkW5Zh/WcAS7x7zfaSPQYrqcGh0rOvFpVupVu7Z7HO q+D4BH8sgb4RJk1mLGvs+G0RxI8tHGYNubLKvU0ld/mBr8E= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEzauq3M48Y8Px0nd2ih0g7WR8PXvdKQlz3rygdmjooTtWBh8BCaZPACRR23YdGjRPR5DPCMU7jnKHvuSopPV4= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:b5cc:0:b0:2c8:323b:9207 with SMTP id g12-20020a2eb5cc000000b002c8323b9207mr3034553ljn.11.1700730759734; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 01:12:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <147f983f-eab8-4605-11e6-14709c56d87b@cs.umass.edu> <8e38b937-1a61-fbf7-4b72-9a836d6d3520@cs.umass.edu> In-Reply-To: <8e38b937-1a61-fbf7-4b72-9a836d6d3520@cs.umass.edu> From: Backwoods BC Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 01:12:27 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Capturing a Cygwin instance from another PC Cc: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,MALFORMED_FREEMAIL,MISSING_HEADERS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 12:39=E2=80=AFAM Eliot Moss via Cygwin wrote: > On 11/22/2023 4:38 PM, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote: > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 11:15 AM, Eliot Moss expressed: > >> > >> On 11/22/2023 10:43 AM, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote: > >> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 7:53=E2=80=AFAM Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote: > > [clip] > >> >> desktop. No Cygwin nor Cygwin-X folders were created on the Start m= enu. The > >> >> original cygwin from the Win10 PC had X installed also. > >> >> > >> > > >> > I don't think "Install from Local Directory" means "reproduce same c= ygwin > >> > installation on a separate computer". > >> > >> In fact, it means to install using the package files in some local dir= ectory, > >> i.e., "assume the packages are already downloaded". > >> > >> It would be reasonable to copy over downloaded packages. > >> > >> I believe there are commands / techniques that would then make it fair= ly > >> easy to install that specific set of packages "from scratch" (but from > >> the local copy of the packages). Copying *installed* file hierarchies > >> is trickier because of permission / ownership concerns. > > > > Thanks, Eliot. Hmmm... I would have thought that by now this process wo= uld have been thought of. > > Not saying it hasn't, but since I don't have a ready answer to your > question I was leaving that to other, more knowledgeable, folks to > jump in and ill the gap :-) ... I'll also add my vote for "this should be easier." I've done it a half a dozen times over the years and I found that the fastest method was to take several screen shots of Cygwin setup showing what I have installed, take those to the new machine, and manually go down the list selecting the same things. It's stupidly low tech, but it's actually quite fast (~ 5 minutes) and I know that it will always work without annoying glitches.