Re: GNAT on a multiboot computer

[Martin Krischik <martin@krischik.com>]

Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:

> Adrien Plisson wrote:
>> Anders Wirzenius wrote:
> ....
>>> To me it seems that this configuration has to be pretty much the same as
>>> what you get when you install GNAT on another partition than on the
>>> traditional C:. I have never done such an installation of GNAT.
>> 
>> i think i never installed GNAT on the traditional location. there is no
>> problem until you want to compile and install some add-ons like glade,
>> polyorb or such, since cygwin tools do not like long filenames and weird
>> locations. in this case 'you have to find the way'...
> 
> I have developed a fondness for C:\opt for non-cygwin software:
> 
>    c:\opt\gnat
>    c:\opt\sybase
>    c:\opt\mysql

I prefer:

D:\cygwin\opt\gnat

etc.

Has two advantages:

  1) if you need to reinstall windows you cygwin on D: will not be destroyed
  2) within cygwin you can use shorter /opt instead of /cygdrive/c/opt

With Regards

Martin

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