Re: compiling setup.exe (was Re: Distributing .ISO files.)

2003-03-04 Thread Randall R Schulz
Ronald, What is the real nature of your objection to my including that content here? Surely it didn't captivate you into reading it all and hence wasting your time, did it? If you think it takes up too much space, then why didn't you edit it out of your gratuitous reply? Randall Schulz At 02:

Re: compiling setup.exe (was Re: Distributing .ISO files.)

2003-03-04 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
Ehm.. do you really think we're interested in the output of upx --help here? I mean: "UPX - Ultimate Packer for eXecutables; see for details" would have been more than enough, don't you think? rlc On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Robert, > > Upx. >

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 05:32:49PM -0600, Robert Citek wrote: > >At 03:19 PM 3/3/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I would like to post an .ISO file I compiled for myself to my website, >>making it available to anyone who wants it. It is a snapshot of the >>full distribution (less sources)

Re: compiling setup.exe (was Re: Distributing .ISO files.)

2003-03-03 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:01, Robert Citek wrote: > At 07:27 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >> I'm still getting my feet wet with the Cygwin sources, CVS, patch, etc. > >> For example, I downloaded the setup module and compiled it. Instead of a > >> ~100 K file, mine was ~10 MB. It

Re: compiling setup.exe (was Re: Distributing .ISO files.)

2003-03-03 Thread Randall R Schulz
Robert, Upx. -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- % upx --help Ultimate Packer for eXecutables Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 UPX 1.24wMarkus F.X.J. Oberhumer & Laszlo Moln

compiling setup.exe (was Re: Distributing .ISO files.)

2003-03-03 Thread Robert Citek
At 07:27 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> I'm still getting my feet wet with the Cygwin sources, CVS, patch, etc. >> For example, I downloaded the setup module and compiled it. Instead of a >> ~100 K file, mine was ~10 MB. It seems to work, but obviously, I did >> something wrong.

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Robert Citek
At 07:27 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >Any corrections will also be sent to the list and linked with your message >into a thread. The result will be not just the correct instructions, but >also the whole change history. Can wiki do that? ;-) Yup. At least the wiki's I've used ar

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Robert Citek wrote: > Hello Igor, > > At 06:42 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Robert Citek wrote: > >> [snip] > >> In fact, I would have two items: > >> 1) How can I redistribute Cygwin? > >> 2) How can I create an ISO to redistribute Cyg

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Robert Citek
Hello Igor, At 06:42 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Robert Citek wrote: >> [snip] >> In fact, I would have two items: >> 1) How can I redistribute Cygwin? >> 2) How can I create an ISO to redistribute Cygwin (probably a pointer to >> a how-to). If there was

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Robert Citek
At 11:35 PM 3/3/2003 -, Max Bowsher wrote: >Yes, please explain. Cygwin contains many packages the average user will >never want. Why would anyone download an .iso, when they can fetch just what >they need? And if someone wants a CD, to install on a non-connected >computer, they can just burn

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Robert Citek wrote: > [snip] > In fact, I would have two items: > 1) How can I redistribute Cygwin? > 2) How can I create an ISO to redistribute Cygwin (probably a pointer to > a how-to). If there was a wiki or blog for this, I would be happy to > contribute how I create m

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:19:28PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I would like to post an .ISO file I compiled for myself to my >> website, making it available to anyone who wants it. It is a >> snapshot of the full distribution (less sources) from one of the >> mir

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Robert Citek
At 03:19 PM 3/3/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I would like to post an .ISO file I compiled for myself to my website, >making it available to anyone who wants it. It is a snapshot of the >full distribution (less sources) from one of the mirror sites, to >allow for installation on Short

Re: Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:19:28PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I would like to post an .ISO file I compiled for myself to my website, >making it available to anyone who wants it. It is a snapshot of the >full distribution (less sources) from one of the mirror sites, to allow >for installation

Distributing .ISO files.

2003-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like to post an .ISO file I compiled for myself to my website, making it available to anyone who wants it. It is a snapshot of the full distribution (less sources) from one of the mirror sites, to allow for installation on 1. systems that are not connected to the internet 2. systems that