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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:39:19 -0400
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Subject:	Re: Setup and UNC names
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In-Reply-To:	<20000822183727.67979.qmail@web9008.mail.yahoo.com>; from norlingg@yahoo.se on Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:37:27PM +0200

On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:37:27PM +0200, Gunnar Norling wrote:
>Hi,
>I would like to setup cygwin on a shared file server
>without having to map it to a drive letter. When I run
>the setup program, it complains, and states that "The 
>install directory must be absolute, with both a drive
>letter and leading slash". Is this really necessary?

Apparently so.

As is frequently noted here, if you don't like this behavior,
patches are gratefully accepted.

cgf

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