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

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

----- 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).

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
> > > > ....
> > > >
>