X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A492A32.3090101@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:55:14 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin OpenSSH and Windows 7 RC References: <1dbb5dd90905260718xe094ddqc6e3f5f4b4aef9c0 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <1dbb5dd90905261133j68008f76rb67df7e9c8dee0d AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <00a301c9f792$5c31e730$1495b590$@com> <20090628103040 DOT GU30864 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <001101c9f81f$dc1a5e40$944f1ac0$@com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Matthias Meyer wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > >> Matthias Meyer wrote: >>> If I rebase within Windows7 I can not use this programs and librarys >>> within other versions of Windows, right? >> Are you trying to share one Cygwin installation between multiple >> operation system installations (e.g. over a network, dual boot, flash >> drive, etc.)? I tried that years ago, and it was very confusing/ >> frustrating. I do one Cygwin installation (located at C:\cygwin) per >> O/S installation and recommend that you do the same. > > No, thats not what I am doing. > I install cygwin in XP and build a new setup.exe (with Inno Setup) bundled > with own programs. > This setup.exe is installable and run well within XP as well as within Vista > but not within Windows 7. >> It is my assumption that the 'rebase' utility affects the installed >> Cygwin files, not the downloaded setup files. (The downloaded setup >> files need to match what is on the Cygwin mirrors, or the Cygwin Setup >> checksum should fail.) >> > Therefore I assume that I can not rebase the cygwin files and estimate that > they would run in XP, Vista and Windows 7. > I would believe I have to make a separate setup.exe for Windows 7 with > cygwin files that I rebased before within Windows 7. > Thats right? > > But if this is right, I would wait some month and hope that cygwin 1.7 will > run without rebasing in all three windows versions. Rebasing is really meant to be done on a per environment basis. It isn't always necessary and rebased DLLs from one system aren't guaranteed to run unfettered on another. If you have not already, I suggest you try the latest 1.7 version or the latest snapshot . -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple