> * When I want to test installing something myself for which there is > no cygwin package supplied, and I don't want to break anything (nor am > I able to backup the current cygwin root tree)
We have /usr/local or /opt for that. Furthermore you can use stow to easily install and uninstall test packages. -- 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/