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Subject:	Re: /usr/bin and /usr/lib mount points (WAS: RE: telnet problems with current cygwin version)
Date:	Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:50:47 +1200
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From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
> 
> The reason for these mount points is that some UNIX utilities depend on the
> existance of /usr/bin and/or /usr/lib.  With out these the utilities will fail
> to work.  Knowing this, and not wanting to create duplication, it was decided
> to just create mount points of the physical directories.

But why are they mount points instead of ordinary directories? Normal
Unix systems don't do it that way, so there certainly aren't any
utilities that depend on it. Why not just create /usr/bin and /usr/lib
as empty directories?

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Ross Smith <ross DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> The Internet Group, Auckland, New Zealand
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