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RE: Cygwin online availabilty
- To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: Cygwin online availabilty
- From: "Schaible, Joerg" <Joerg dot Schaible at gft dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:59:26 +0100
Hi Corinna,
>> see Corinna's statements. At least you can use setup to download the
latest
>> version from the web. When setup is finished you may create your
"full.exe"
>> by yourself using WinZip.
>
>NO!!!
>
>Don't use WinZip to create a full archive from the Cygwin tree.
I did not advice him to create a zip of the Cygwin tree!
>WinZip doesn't preserve the system bit which flags symlinks.
>WinZip doesn't preserve empty directories (/tmp for example).
I know that.
>What you _can_ do is create a WinZip archive of the installation
>directory (which contains the `latest' and `contrib' directories)
>and after unpacking the archive start `setup.exe'.
*Exactly* this was my advice. Have a further look at my description.
Why do I have the impression that you Cygnus folks react somewhat hysterical
on WinZip ? <gg>
Jorg
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