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

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

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?

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
> > > ....
> > >