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Date:	Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:44:09 -0500
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	Karel DOT Sprenger AT compaq DOT com
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Subject:	Re: setup drops mount?
References:	<70DB181F3302D21192700000F806F3A0074357FD AT utoexc1 DOT uto DOT cpqcorp DOT net>

> That is all very well and fine, but it would be nice of setup to
> restore my /var mount when it is done.

The problem is that some packages might put files in /var.  If I
restored your mount, those files would be inaccessible to cygwin
programs.

> I mean, who's the boss around here?

If you use setup, setup is the boss.  Feel free to "tar xvfz" your own
packages if you don't like the way setup sets up cygwin.

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