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#917 MSYS installer writes to the Windows folder

Milestone: MSYS

Status: closed

Owner: Earnie Boyd

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Resolution: duplicate

Category: Duplicate

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Updated: 2013-01-31

Created: 2006-03-30

Creator: Lucas Thode

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Could you change the MSYS installer so that it doesn't
write to the C:\Windows folder any longer? Doing so
breaks the installation of MSYS into a user's home
folder by a user that doesn't have permission to write
to the local drive. (Or to network disks period, for
that matter.)

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Earnie Boyd - 2006-03-30

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This has already been reported.

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Earnie Boyd - 2006-03-30

milestone: --> Future_MSYS_enhancement

status: open --> closed-duplicate
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Earnie Boyd - 2013-01-31

labels: MSYS -->

status: closed-duplicate --> closed

resolution: --> duplicate

category: --> Duplicate

milestone: --> MSYS
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