From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@NoSPAM.cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: GNAT on a multiboot computer
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:59:13 -0400
Date: 2004-10-29T10:59:13-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fUsgd.28673$rs5.1077729@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41820f69$0$7073$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>
Adrien Plisson wrote:
> Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
>
>> Has two advantages:
>>
>> 1) if you need to reinstall windows you cygwin on D: will not be
>> destroyed
The attribution above is not correct - I did not say this.
Warren.
>
>
> you can't assume that for any software installed on windows, and cygwin
> is no exception. most softwares write keys in the registry which you
> lose if you reinstall. those missing keys may render the software
> unusable (for cygwin, it seems all mount points are stored in the
> registry). only GPS is smart enough and don't need an installation.
>
> i dream of a system which don't have any f****** conventions as "c:",
> nor any f****** weird locations as "Documents and Settings" or
> "/opt/usr/bin", and do not need any installation, ala Macintosh 10 years
> ago (copy where you want, run).
>
> there is also a big incompatibility between unix software under cygwin
> and native software under windows: path incompatibilities, conventions
> incompatibilities, humor incompatibilities... all this gives me
> headaches when using cygwin: it took me 2 nights to configure and
> install Glade properl last week, and i still hadn't figure out how to
> make install PolyORB (configure script is buggy).
>
> so, under Windows use the Windows way, under Unix use the Unix way, and
> don't even try to mix them or else you get a monster...
>
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-29 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-26 7:03 GNAT on a multiboot computer Anders Wirzenius
2004-10-26 7:31 ` Adrien Plisson
2004-10-26 7:51 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-10-26 9:13 ` Adrien Plisson
2004-10-27 6:55 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-10-27 8:03 ` Adrien Plisson
2004-10-28 16:25 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-28 17:13 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-29 6:01 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-29 8:32 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-10-29 9:31 ` Adrien Plisson
2004-10-29 14:59 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2004-10-29 16:14 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-31 9:21 ` Stephane Riviere
2004-10-29 9:52 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-29 10:03 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-10-29 12:04 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-29 11:38 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-10-29 12:02 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-29 13:39 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2004-10-29 13:55 ` Adrien Plisson
2004-10-29 15:12 ` Directory Names (was: GNAT on a multiboot computer) Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-29 15:55 ` GNAT on a multiboot computer Björn Persson
2004-10-29 12:15 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-29 16:40 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-30 8:26 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-29 17:11 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-29 15:05 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-29 8:29 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-10-29 17:25 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-30 7:42 ` Adrien Plisson
2004-11-01 9:26 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-11-01 14:21 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-26 12:39 ` Stephane Riviere
2004-10-27 7:12 ` Anders Wirzenius
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