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Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: prelim FAQ update: Installation Instructions
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:30:44 +0100
- References: <451-Thu01Jun2000024714+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk><20000531231335.D31958@cygnus.com>
On Wednesday 31 May 00, Chris Faylor writes:
> The part about rewriting all mount points isn't quite right. Only
> some of the mount points are redone. Root should be preserved unless
> the user specifies otherwise. /usr/bin is mounted on the same directory
> as /bin and /usr/lib is mounted on the same directory as /lib.
Right. I thought I was paraphrasing the latest/README file, but
looking back I see that I misunderstood it. I also didn't test Setup
on an existing Cygwin installation myself, so I wasn't aware of those
details. I redid that bit, see if I'm any closer now.
I've added other details about mounts & stuff, have another look.
The preview URL again is <http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~starksb/cygwin/faq_3.html>.
> Could you add a strong recommendation to use a directory like c:\cygwin as
> the root rather than specifying something like c:\ ?
Done.
> setup can be used to install a single package via something like:
>
> setup bash
>
> setup -u bash
>
> will install a newer version of bash if one exists. Probably only the first
> usage has to be documented.
For now, are the existing pointers to your messages in the Cygwin
mailing list sufficient?
> You refer to "the empty directory" under "Internet installation with setup.exe".
> Shouldn't that be "an empty directory"?
I said "the temporary directory" meaning the one that *was* empty
until setup.exe was downloaded to it.
I'll want to revisit this all anyway when DJ's makes the new setup.exe
available.
Cheers,
David