On 02/09/2009, Linda Walsh wrote:
I.e. maybe Cygwin should add an "official dir" in the system (for an all-user install), or user (for a 1-user install) environment (stored in the registry), so add-on applications that rely on Cygwin or rely on knowing where it was installed will work.It's not like in Windows where you can add something to the linux-registry, "/etc", or path-specific part "/etc/profile.d" and have other apps pick up this information. It would make more sense to put it in a registry environment variable.What do you think?
Actually, this has been discussed already and has been resolved by having 1.7's 'setup.exe' putting the Cygwin root installation directory in... the registry! See HKLM/Software/Cygwin/setup, the "rootdir" value. I know, it's not in the environment. That might be nicer. But such a change could spoil my "there's no good way" statement so I can't endorse it. ;-) -- 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? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
