At 12:43 PM 4/15/2004, you wrote: >On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:01:07PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: >> At 08:17 PM 4/13/2004, you wrote: >> >>> How about an FAQ entry: >> >>> >> >>> How do I install Cygwin to share over a network? >> >>> >> >>> Having more than one person to be able to access a single shared >> >>> instance of Cygwin it is not much different than doing a local >> >>> install: >> >>> >> >>> 1) Install to a network drive. Make sure the the drive you pick >> >>> will have the same drive letter for everyone. >> >>> 2) On the machine you used for the install, add the DOS path to >> >>> the cygwin bin to PATH >> >>> 3) Fire up a shell and type >> >>> mount -m > remount.sh >> >>> 4) On every other user's computer, just add the cygwin bin to the >> >>> PATH, execute remount.sh and give them a shortcut to cygwin.bat >> >> >> >> We try to limit FAQ entries to those that are frequently asked. >> >> This one comes up but only once in a while. The idea is if the FAQ >> >> becomes to full of "stuff", it will be too hard for anyone to use. So we >> >> try to keep it at the "manageable" level by using the axiom above. This >> >> would be a reasonable thing to add to the Users Guide IMO. If you're up >> >> to it, skim through and see if you can see a good spot to add it. If you >> >> can create a patch, I'm sure this will get included. >> >> >> > >> >Well, I fired up cvs and tried to grab src/winsup/doc. I ended up with the >> >whole system somehow - thank goodness we are not up on dialup. >> > >> >I figured out what needed modification and made the mods. I then tried >> >firing up the build system to see if I didn't screw things up. ./configure >> >seemed to work ok, but make didn't - no db2html. I searched all the source >> >code (since I had it anyway) but didn't find any files named like db2html >> >nor did I find any entries in any Makefiles to build it. >> > >> >Is there a single search that can be done to figure out in what package >> >db2html might be, so I can download and continue? >> >> >> This is part of docbook but unfortunately there is no Cygwin package for >> docbook (at least not yet, other than the DTD and style-sheets). So you'll >> need to grab docbook-tools (http://sources.redhat.com/docbook-tools/). > >Actually, IIRC that site is hopelessly out of date, you're better off grabbing >the docbook-utils source from somewhere else. But that's beside the point, >since to build just the FAQ you don't need DocBook (that's for the User's >Guide). You do need texi2html, in the tetex-bin package. Then go to your build >dir and just type 'make faq0.html' to get the FAQ-in-one-HTML-page.
Actually, I had said that this wasn't really FAQ fodder at this point but suggested that it would fit in the User's Guide. >If you really want a full DocBook install, see the cygwin-doc README for >details about how I do it right now. By the way, cygwin-doc-X.YZ-src also >contains just the DocBook/texinfo source for the documentation, though CVS >is definitely the place for patches to the latest. Actually, I'm not sure that the OP wants a full DocBook install but given my comments, he was following the path that lead him there. ;-) Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
