Jonathan Protzenko

I don't think you can install cygwin without admin privileges, can you? The webpage gives you the list of packages that you have to make sure are there, if you...

Let's say, then, that this is a feature wish, and that I would take a patch if you knew how to figure out the current privilege in the NSIS script...

Alright, so if I understand correctly, for GitHub releases, I would have to create a tag wherein the repository contains a single file (the generated installer). Then, the GitHub release...

Just for the record I'm eagerly waiting on David Allsopp's rumored, windows-compatible version of OPAM 2.0-beta. Once that is out, I'm hoping to decommission the installer.

Hahah yes, indeed! Actually, https://github.com/fdopen/opam-repository-mingw works pretty well, and Andreas just recently released his patches

I think this is one more instance of @dra27's opam fork not calling bash with proper quoting. It's very primitive right now... and the install: directives are sometimes not run...

Oh but you shouldn't use opam's config -env feature. Have you followed the instructions at http://protz.github.io/ocaml-installer/ for setting a proper PATH?

The repository at https://github.com/fdopen/opam-repository-mingw is supposed to go along with the custom-made OPAM binary from @fdopen that's listed on the wiki page; however: - I cannot reasonably repackage someone's binary...

Thanks! The VM that I'm using to generate the installer is at work, so I'll generate and test a new build with your changes on Monday. Have a nice week-end!...

Hi, The patch does not compile as-is, so I had to change quite a few details to get the thing to compile. However, I'm pretty sure your code won't work...