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Re: Setup for 1.7 must still handle 9x?
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:02:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: Setup for 1.7 must still handle 9x?
- References: <20080812153516.GR5129@calimero.vinschen.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Aug 12 17:35, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> And the next question.
>
> I have hacked up a version of setup which handles most of the stuff
> necessary to install Cygwin 1.7 now. However, it contains changes which
> are hard to implemented transparently on 9x. For instance, all local
> file access is now using wide char functions which are usually not
> available on 9x. The mount table in the registry is not written anymore,
> rather only the {HKLM,HKCU}\Software\Cygwin\setup\rootdir value.
>
> Having only one version of setup which supports the old 1.5 install as
> well as the new 1.7 install is extremly tricky, IMHO.
>
> Is it worth it at all? Isn't it sufficient to keep the 1.5 installer
> on the branch and use it for 9x installations in future only?
Never mind. Baring any dumb mistakes, it's apparently not *that*
complicated.
Corinna
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