RE: Packaging problem with etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:26 PM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi; 'Billinghurst, David (CRTS)'; cygwin-
> xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Packaging problem with etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> To: "'Billinghurst, David (CRTS)'" <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com>;
> <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:53 AM
> Subject: RE: Packaging problem with etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2
> 
> 
> >
> > Thanks, I will fix it.  But if you put etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2 at drive
> c:\
> > (for example) then from bash
> >
> > cd c:/
> >
> > bunzip2 etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2
> > tar xvf etc-x11-vtwm.tar
> >
> > This should give only cygwin/etc/X11.... or not?
> 
> possibly not - tar may get horribly confused (c:\ == /cygdrive/c) as
> the
> mount table for the user won't be honoured (nothing is usually mounted
> under /cygdrive/c).


are  not c:/cygwin and /cygdrive/c/cygwin same?  I had in the past untar
stuff directly into c:/cygwin from c:\. I will check out
etc-x11-vtwm.tar.... oh never mind I see David reply, it does work....

Suhaib



> 
> Rob
> 
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Billinghurst, David (CRTS)
> > > [mailto:David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 9:26 PM
> > > To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > > Subject: RE: Packaging problem with etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2
> > >
> > > I see the same thing if I bunzip then untar.  I understand the
> need
> > > for the
> > > /etc heirarchy.  I don't understand the need for the leading
> cygwin/
> > > in the
> > > filenames in etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2.  I ended up with these files in
> > > /cywin/cygwin/etc/... as I untarred all the *.tar.bz2 files from
> /.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Suhaib Siddiqi [SMTP:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 6:42 AM
> > > > To: Billinghurst, David (CRTS); 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > > > Subject: RE: Packaging problem with etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Billinghurst, David (CRTS)
> > > > > [mailto:David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 8:34 AM
> > > > > To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > > > > Subject: Packaging problem with etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The 4.1.0 distribution file etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2 is packaged
> > > > > differently to
> > > > > the rest of the distribution, as it is rooted at cygwin/.
> > > >
> > > > yes, because /etc/X11 is needed to which many symlinks from
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 points.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Easy to work
> > > > > around, but ...
> > > > >
> > > > > tar jtf etc-x11-vtwm.tar.bz2 gives
> > > >
> > > > What happen if you used tar xvf tc-x11-vtwm.tar after bunziping?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > cygwin/
> > > > > cygwin/etc/
> > > > > cygwin/etc/X11/
> > > > > cygwin/etc/X11/app-defaults/
> > > > > cygwin/etc/X11/app-defaults/Beforelight
> > > > > cygwin/etc/X11/app-defaults/Bitmap
> > > > > ....
> > > > >
> >