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Re: Cygwin CD question


I knew I forgot something!  I'll never make it as a salesman... ;-)

Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


At 02:53 PM 5/13/2002, Harold L Hunt wrote:
>Larry,
>
>Geez, you forgot to offer to sell him the Brooklyn Bridge, like I did :)
>
>Harold
>
>"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com> said:
>
> > At 02:31 PM 5/13/2002, William V. Nicholson wrote:
> > 
> > >I notice from the information on the Redhat website and in the FAQ that
> > >there is no Cygwin CD.  I am interested in using Cygwin; but I don't
> > >believe I require the Cygwin license for my applications.  I have
> > >previously used Cygwin by downloading it; but I encountered some
> > >difficulties with the setup program, especially for downloading source
> > >code.  (It crashed when I chose the source code option for some packages.)
> > 
> > 
> > If you haven't tried it recently, try it again.  Report specifics of any
> > problems you may encounter here.
> > 
> > 
> > >Actually, one reason that I am interested in using Cygwin is in order to
> > >run free integrity checking software like Tripwire and ViperDB that works
> > >under Unix.  (There is a Tripwire for Windows; but it isn't free.)  
> > 
> > 
> > You must realize that Cygwin doesn't allow you to run a generic UNIX binary,
> > right?  Cygwin is a layer over Win32 providing a POSIX environment, not a 
> > UNIX binary emulator.
> > 
> > 
> > >There
> > >are security issues with downloading Cygwin before installing ViperDB or
> > >similar software under Cygwin and that is why I am interested in obtaining
> > >Cygwin by CD.  (My current workaround is just to download Cygwin using the
> > >fastest connection available and then burn a CD although that doesn't
> > >solve the problem with downloading source code),
> > 
> > 
> > Actually, if you're having some problem with setup that can't be solved, you
> > can download Cygwin in it's entirety using wget or similar tools.  From 
>that,
> > you can burn a CD and/or install locally.  Anyone providing such a CD to you
> > would take a similar approach.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
> > RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
> > 838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> > Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX
> > 
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