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goldstar? Re: cygdrive prefix
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:35:11AM +1000, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
>Andy Koppe wrote:
>> 2009/9/16 Thorsten Kampe
>>> you shouldn't install Cygwin
>>> directly to C:\ (but to C:\cygwin): so you don't have the Cygwin and the
>>> Windows root folder structure mixed.
>> And where exactly is the harm in that? Apple certainly don't see a
>> problem with it, with the likes of /Applications and /Users living
>> happily alongside /bin and /var. Actually it makes for a much more
>> integrated Cygwin user experience not to have to mentally switch
>> between different roots and add those \cygwin and /cygdrive (or
>> whatever) prefixes when accessing stuff from the other side of the
>I don't run an Apple computer OS, but my observation is that they are
>based around a packaging system called 'port'? If true, that
>undermines your argument somewhat. Because then you are even with
>Linux/most unices, which of course carefully drop all exes into bin,
>libraries into lib, etc. In this case there is nothing wrong dropping
>everything into a single bin,lib,.. dir as you say, because there is a
>package management system there to hold manifests, handle collisions,
>allow uninstalls etc. etc. But without a package management system,
>you are asking for trouble.
>In this case, although cygwin has a package management system, it is
>not going to manage the non-cygwin stuff dropped into c:/bin,lib,
>etc. And that means if a user goes and installs something like msys
>under the same mode of thinking, they won't stand much chance of
>getting support if they come running here to complain about make or
>someother app behaving unexpectedly because they've now got a /bin
>directory tainted with non-cygwin exes. At least they would be very
>unpopular for wasting the list's time.
>Of course, if the user knows what they are doing, either implementing
>their own package management functions or diligently acting as their
>own package manager, there is no reason for having c:/ as cygwin root
>not to work. It's just highly discouraged for the reasons I've given.
Wow. Nice summation of the reasons for the need for a c:\cygwin.
Can I get a goldstar here?
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