Why copy C:\MinGW\msys\1.0 to C:\MinGW ?

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Why copy C:\MinGW\msys\1.0 to C:\MinGW ?

Opened this issue 6 years ago · 2 comments

clarkewd commented 6 years ago

One of the steps in the README / instructions is:

Now go to C:\MinGW\msys\1.0 and copy everything over to C:\MinGW.

What purpose does this serve? Could we also just run the msys.bat file from the 1.0 directory?

Answer 1 · 2019-05-24T01:31:59.000Z

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Answer 2 · 2019-07-31T22:33:40.000Z

I just tested for this on a clean install of XP with a clean MinGW install. You don't need to copy/move the files. It works with everything in the default installed folders.