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Re: [ITP] run.exe was Re: Running ssh in background [solution/patch]
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:43:44 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ITP] run.exe was Re: Running ssh in background [solution/patch]
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On Oct 26 15:35, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > > [ITP] I think I'll split run.exe from the X-startup-scripts package and
> > > create a new one which i'll continue to maintain.
> >
> > FINALLY! It's been on my TODO list for *ages*. Thank you!
>
> I'd like to put it in /usr/bin. How should I handle the transition?
> Many users will have shortcuts which refer to /usr/X11R6/bin/run.exe.
Maybe you could install a symlink in /usr/X11R6/bin, in the postinstall
script, not in the package itself. The idea is that a postinstall
script can create a symlink as windows shortcut by forcing
CYGWIN=winsymlinks on ln(1).
Corinna
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