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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:56:30 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes...
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In-Reply-To: <009101c0eafc$a3409230$7556273f@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 05:39:52PM -0700

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 05:39:52PM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
>> I only use setup for download, since setup's install (or at least earlier
>> versions) always insists on trampling over my /bin /usr/bin mounts etc,
>but
>> that's another story. Manual installs are trivial however.
>
>The FAQ describes why /bin/ and /usr/bin/ (and /lib/ and /usr/lib/) need to
>point to the same directory.  If you insist on keeping them separate, you
>are making your installation unsupportable.

Actually setup should honor existing mounts now, fwiw.

cgf

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