Re: [Mingw-users] Portable MSYS ?

[stn021 <st...@gm...>]

2011/5/6 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?


I copied D:\etc and D:\util (the folder with the exes and dlls) to another
computer's drive D: without any further modifications. On one computer it
works, on the other it does not :-(

 Or perhaps a configuration file like ~/.profile?  Maybe some changes you've
> done there is getting in the way.


see above: same config, 2 computers, different results ...
Actually it was three computers. This morning I plugged my USB-stick with
msys into someone else's XP. Again no output from fgrep, tail and a few
other programs :-/


>  You also need to make sure the /etc exists, there is a thread that watches
> for changes to it.


Yes, I noticed. (Proof: If I renamed D:\etc to something else and the
programs didn't work anymore :-)


> There is nothing else in MSYS that is dependent on its installation system
> like the registry.  You should be able to do just this.
>

I read somewhere that msys depends on a few DLLs in the windows-folder.
Don't know any details nor where I saw that.

Strange ...

Stefan


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