From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9dabd984ea966de9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.uunet.ca!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT on a multiboot computer References: <417DFD3C.6080209@stochastique.net> <417e16a7$0$30703$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> <417f57d8$0$30704$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be> <549gd.17128$Qs6.1469677@news20.bellglobal.com> <1126782.ZbbeXJgdME@linux1.krischik.com> In-Reply-To: <1126782.ZbbeXJgdME@linux1.krischik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:05:34 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1099062281 198.96.223.163 (Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:04:41 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:04:41 EDT Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5873 Date: 2004-10-29T11:05:34-04:00 List-Id: Martin Krischik wrote: > 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 I support the idea of a separate drive (D:) for the reasons you gave. However, in my case, I am using a company laptop, so I am loath to change the partitioning on it (any spare disk will be used for Linux, if possible - TBD). I disagree with putting non-Cygwin software in the cygwin's /opt hierarchy, however (assuming your D:\cygwin\opt maps to /opt in your Cygwin). Non-Cygwin programs have a different environment requirement (for example the GNAT supplied make is different than cygwin's). While there is nothing to stop you from putting them in the same directories, I prefer to keep the two "worlds" apart. Warren. > > 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 > -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg