Tristan Gingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> When I zipped up the installed ghdl tree, then uninstalled GHDL,
>> and unzipped the previously saved tree I got the following error:
>> \Ghdl-0.25\bin\ghdl.exe:*command-line*: cannot find "std" library.
>>
> This won't work.  The installer writes entries in the register.

Please don't use the Windows registry. Environment variables are much
nicer.

I often need to keep several versions (well, at least two) of each
tool installed; one for a working production system, another for the
latest upgrade being tested. Possibly another for the previous working
production system.

This is very difficult if the Windows registry is used; it is painful
to change the registry entries between the two versions. Especially
when I don't know what keys need to be changed (I have not checked the
latest ghdl documentation; perhaps it does say what keys are used).

In addition, if environment variables are used, then the system works
the same between Linux and Windows.

I understand that unsophisticated Windows users like the registry,
because "it just works", and setting environment variables in plain
Windows is itself somewhat painful. 

But some of use use Cygwin and Emacs, where environment variables are
easy.

Perhaps there could be a way to opt out of using the registry, and use
environment variables instead.

-- 
-- Stephe

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