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Re: Embedded packaging of cygwin without installation
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:53:46 -0700
- Subject: Re: Embedded packaging of cygwin without installation
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- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
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Hans Kaiser wrote:
> - no changes on existing preinstalled cygwin installation
>
> The first step was successful with http://www.cygwineasy.tk. But it
> destroyed the preinstalled cygwins, which I must not change...
>
> Does anybody here has an idea, how I could realize the requirements?
The fact that Cygwin stores its mount table in the registry pretty much
means this is impossible unless you distribute a modified Cygwin that
uses a different key, as well as a different name for the various shared
identifiers. See the recent thread about the FAQ question relating to
third party distributors.
Brian
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