Re: [Mingw-users] Portable MSYS ?

[Earnie <ea...@us...>]

stn021 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how can I make MSYS portable ?

Well you did that already.

> I have copied all the executables and all DLLs of the MSYS-folder and
> subfolders into one new folder.
> Now I can use the programs.
> 
> For example fgrep correctly shows the help-message.
> 
> But if I copy everything to a USB-stick or another computer then nothing
> works anymore :(
> For example fgrep terminates without any output and without any
> error-message.
> 

Do you have a modified /etc/fstab file?  Or perhaps a configuration file
like ~/.profile?  Maybe some changes you've done there is getting in the
way.  You also need to make sure the /etc exists, there is a thread that
watches for changes to it.  There is nothing else in MSYS that is
dependent on its installation system like the registry.  You should be
able to do just this.

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