Re: GNAT on a multiboot computer

From: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG (ve3wwg_at_NoSPAM.cogeco.ca)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:59:13 -0400

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

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