Mushfique Khan
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Cygwin: need to copy/clone configuration
Hi folks,
Here is the scenario, our engineering team was working on Cygwin on Windows XP, due to some reason, XP got corrupted, now we have setup a new machine with a brand new XP too, with exactly same configuration and setup and when we installed Cygwin on it, it's not the same as that old one.
Now the question is how to get that old configuration information and place it on this new one and those folks don't even know what they had done there, because some other guy did it and he is no more in the company.
And they are insisting to have the same/old XP Cygwin setup on this new XP machine.
I've the old/complete Cygwin folder with me, but don't know, what & where to look for there configuration setup/changes.
Please assist/guide/help ... thanks in advance.
Here is the scenario, our engineering team was working on Cygwin on Windows XP, due to some reason, XP got corrupted, now we have setup a new machine with a brand new XP too, with exactly same configuration and setup and when we installed Cygwin on it, it's not the same as that old one.
Now the question is how to get that old configuration information and place it on this new one and those folks don't even know what they had done there, because some other guy did it and he is no more in the company.
And they are insisting to have the same/old XP Cygwin setup on this new XP machine.
I've the old/complete Cygwin folder with me, but don't know, what & where to look for there configuration setup/changes.
Please assist/guide/help ... thanks in advance.
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Thanks folks, just shared the same with the team, as heard from them, will share here.
And thanks again for all your help, assistance & guidance ... much appreciated.
And thanks again for all your help, assistance & guidance ... much appreciated.
Install cygwin by pressing enter around 12 times
Then unzip old files in:
C:\CYGWIN\*
DONE
Then unzip old files in:
C:\CYGWIN\*
DONE
ASKER
Folks, still waiting for the actual/real questions, as I got them, will share it with you all.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
cygwin dll is entered once in registry by installer (but will work without that too)
rest is in c:\cygwin - package database, all config
I suspect it is you to ask REAL questions here..
rest is in c:\cygwin - package database, all config
I suspect it is you to ask REAL questions here..
mkhandba,
Just follow gheist's advice just making sure that you do not overwrite user's development folders. If all of their development is saved in a configuration manager that is backed up outside of Cygwin, then you should be OK.
Being the cautious type that I am, I would do what gheist suggested on a separate sandbox platform (or VM), and get one user to confirm that all is back to normal. This is also a way to make sure that you do not lose any user data in the process of reinstalling Cygwin and overwriting it.
Just follow gheist's advice just making sure that you do not overwrite user's development folders. If all of their development is saved in a configuration manager that is backed up outside of Cygwin, then you should be OK.
Being the cautious type that I am, I would do what gheist suggested on a separate sandbox platform (or VM), and get one user to confirm that all is back to normal. This is also a way to make sure that you do not lose any user data in the process of reinstalling Cygwin and overwriting it.
ASKER
sorry for the delay folks, but they never got back and never provided any information at all, and have no idea, where do they stand, at this pointe in time too.
thinking of closing this question, granting points to every one.
thinking of closing this question, granting points to every one.
At the moment, I don't think closing the question is the right course of action. It sounds like you do not know yet whether the suggestions posted posted will work, so you don't really know if any posts are valid answers. Why not try the suggestions in a sandbox and see if that helps one of the users?
ASKER
Can you please share or better to say, what to replace, which directories are good to replace with the old version.
And for the symptoms, they are working on some UI and not getting the same interface, as they were getting on old version.
But if you can tell me the precise questions, I can ask the same.
Please assist ... thanks.