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Re: Question about cygwin on network
- To: "Mirza, Aaqib" <Aaqib dot Mirza at kbcfp dot com>
- Subject: Re: Question about cygwin on network
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:46:47 -0400
- Cc: Cygwin <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
Aaqib,
In the future, please post to cygwin@sources.redhat.com instead of
sending private email, so others can benefit too.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 04:31:49PM +0100, Mirza, Aaqib wrote:
> Hello, I know this is an old mail from an archive something you sent long
> ago, but I am interested in installing cygwin on the network share and then
> allowing users to use utilities from this share over the network. From what
> you say below this is feasible. Can you give me any hints on how best to do
> this?
>
> Thanks
> ~Aaqib
>
> Forward from mail archive.
>
> I'm not sure what is a "vob in ClearCase" ... but we have been running
> Cygwin from a NT network share for years. I have a Setup Only install
> script that I can send you if you are interested. The script performs
> the following:
>
> 1. sets up mounts (unmounts old ones, if necessary)
> 2. defines/modifies environment variables (CYGWIN, MAKE_MODE, PATH)
> 3. broadcasts that the Registry has changed by sending
> a WM_WININICHANGE message
IIRC, the above was used (by my old company) when setup.exe was still
in its infancy. I no longer recommend this approach. Instead, I
recommend sharing a local Cygwin mirror on a network share and have
everyone install from it. The only downside is that every Cygwin user
will waste a couple of hundred megabytes. However, very large disks are
very cheap now a days.
My new approach integrates the old one with setup.exe's postinstall
functionality. Attached is the source that produces a postinstall
package which is installable by setup.exe. After installation,
setup.exe's postinstall functionality will automatically run setup.sh
which sets up environment variables, create program groups and shortcuts,
etc.
I recommend studying setup.sh. Hopefully, it will provide you with the
hints for which you are looking. However, YMMV.
Jason
postinstall.tar.bz2
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