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Multiple cygwin installs
- From: Brian Genisio <briangenisio at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 04:53:05 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Multiple cygwin installs
Hello all,
Is there any way to maintain multiple cygwin installs? I understand that I can
simply install cygwin in a separate directory, but there is one problem I run
into : the registry.
When you install cygwin, it creates a "Cygnus Solutions" key tree in HKCU and
HKLM. If you install a second copy of cygwin some place else on a machine,
there are registry conflicts. Of course, one solution is to install one copy,
and rename the "Cygnus Solutions" key, and install the second copy. Then,
write a batch script that will rename the key names before running cygwin.
Is there a better way? Is there a cygwin.conf file somewhere, where I can
specify the name of the key that the cygwin1.dll uses for the registry db? Or,
am I stuck with the "Cygnus Solutions" name, unless I recompile the binaries,
or add a patch to make it configurable?
Thanks for the help,
Brian
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