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RE: Where to install gnu-win32...
- To: ALI RON <ALIR at STELNJ dot COM>
- Subject: RE: Where to install gnu-win32...
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 06:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: "'GNU-win32 Mailing List'" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
---ALI RON <ALIR@STELNJ.COM> wrote:
>
> Thanks very much to Charles Waldman & Earnie Boyd
You are welcome.
> for your excellent responses, just what I needed.
> Please excuse the duplicate post. For some reason,
> I received a "can't deliver" message, so I re-posted,
> with a slightly different subject, before I noticed the
> original post was successful.
>
> We will definitely need to use GNAT. Before I tackle
> this not so insignificant installation, I'd like to clarify,
> 1) Is there any reason why I can't install to D: -vs- C:?
> This would allow me to leave GNAT on C: untouched until
> the cygwin install is stabilized.
There is no reason why you can't install in D:
> 2) Should I re-install GNAT into the new /usr/local, or
> should I move the components of GNAT into /usr/local?
I would just move the components. The only trouble I know that you'll
run into is if you've assoicated any file types with GNAT; but, that
is easily resolved.
For the mounts, I would:
mount -b //d/usr /usr
mount //c/usr/local /usr/local
Good Luck,
==
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