On Nov 26 01:03, Shaddy Baddah wrote: > Hi, > > Please find attached a patch to allow for override-able > installation_root. I actually wrote this patch for release 1.7.0-52 > motivated by the thread I started " [1.7] Alternative root > directory. Sort of a regression." > [http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-07/msg00904.html]. I have forward > ported it.
Sorry, but no. We won't accept this patch. We have deliberately chosen to get away from the dependency to the Windows registry, and we really don't want to add it back again. Btw., for a non-trivial patch like this you need to file a copyright assignment. See http://cygwin.com/contrib.html, the "Before you get started" section. > To be honest, I don't totally understand why it was necessary, even > though I am aware of the difference between const positioning. That's worth a fix, afaics. But it doesn't matter for now, so this will have to wait until after the 1.7.1 release. > Perhaps this needs a second look at? By the way, this problem > pricked my curiosity leading me to ask about "regtool/registry > interfacing and charset support" > [http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-07/msg00930.html]. That's on my TODO list and PTC. It will have to wait until after 1.7.1 as well, though. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
