Multiple installations and 3PPs

[Dick Repasky]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 08:54:35AM -0500, Dick Repasky wrote:
>> Roman here is what I do.
>>
>> 1) Install first instance of cygwin.
>> 2) Export the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACINE/.../Cygnus Solutions to a
>>   file. Use a filename that represents the install.
>> 3) Delete the registry key.
>
> As usual, everyone is impressed with the fact that they know that cygwin
> uses registry keys and no one is thinking that they could use cygwin tools
> to manipulate them.

Incorrect! As usual, everyone follows the path of least resistance to 
solve problems.  They take what they know and what they find out by 
reading and piece them together to form a solution.  From reading the 
available documentation on mount, amateurs like myself are very unlikely 
to conclude that mount can be used to switch between installed instances 
of cygwin.  Chances are that they do know something about the registry and 
they can easily figure out how cygwin makes use of them.  So, that's what 
they do.

If you want people to use mount, revise the documentation. Either make the 
statement explicitly and provide an example, or explain the workings of 
cygwin mounts and how cygwin "starts" clearly enough that readers can 
deduce for themselves that mount can be used.

Enjoy life,

Dick Repasky

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Dick Repasky
Bioinformatics Support
UITS Cubicle 101.08
Indiana University
USA

rrepasky@indiana.edu

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