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Re: Placement of source file by setup.exe
- To: Joost Kraaijeveld <J dot Kraaijeveld at Askesis dot nl>,"Cygwin at Sourceware dot Cygnus. Com (E-mail)" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Placement of source file by setup.exe
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:17:35 -0500
At 03:09 PM 11/28/2000, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
>Would it be desirable to have setup.exe put the source files of the packages
>in /usr/src or /src instead of in / and assorted other places?
>
>Joost Kraaijeveld
>Askesis B.V.
>Molukkenstraat 14
>6524NB Nijmegen
>tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277
>fax: 024-3608416
>email: J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl
>web: www.askesis.nl
I think Chris has answered, in the past, why the source tarballs are not
given a specific root path (and end up in "/" by default). If you want to
modify setup to put these in some user specified root, with an appropriate
default, my guess is that your patch would be duly considered!;-)
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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