Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/12/04/13:58:52
Hi Ed,
I was actually referring to this:
"I assume that the xemacs crash had something to do with /cygcheck, which
should be fixed in cygwin-1.3.6-2."
Chris has since announced that 1.3.6-2 will fix this problem in
a specific message to the list. I expect you've seen that so you're
answer and course of action is clear, right?
Larry
At 01:14 PM 12/4/2001, Eduardo R Larranaga wrote:
>Larry,
>
> I appreciate your taking the time to work with a dummy. However, I read the
> message you provided the link for and am still at a loss.
>
> In this message (Subject: Re: bugreport cygwin 1.3.6 + bash 2.05a-2 + command
> completion) "cgf" says he cannot duplicate the problem even with the
> "strange mount table".
>
> Surely you are not suggesting that using a "strange mount table" is the
> Cygwin development team's solution to the problem?
>
> I just saw that a new cygwin is available (1.3.6-2) perhaps the issue has
> been addressed after all...
>
>Ed
>
>On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>
> > OK, I'll take the time to look it up myself and point you right to it
> > (not something I usually do mind you)...
> >
> >
> > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-12/msg00125.html
> >
> >
> > OK, so it's "hidden" under a little different topic, so maybe it's
> > easy to miss. Just shows you that you it's worthwhile to dig! ;-)
> >
> > I trust that answers your question?
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > At 12:24 PM 12/4/2001, Eduardo R Larranaga wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > > I *have* been reading the archives and I do not see an answer to this issue,
> > > only complaints.
> > >
> > >Ed
> > >
> > >On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 12:14 PM 12/4/2001, Eduardo R Larranaga wrote:
> > > > >In the Cygwin User's guide is a suggestion (and an example) to change the
> > > > >default prefix with the mount command:
> > > > >
> > > > > mount -change-cygdrive-prefix /
> > > > >
> > > > >It seems that many of us have chosen to go with changing the prefix to /, but
> > > > >with the latest version of cygwin 1.3.6-1 this leads to / being unusable. Being
> > > > >able to do an "ls /" and see the contents of C:\ is a very desirable feature.
> > > > >
> > > > >In the recent announcement of cygwin 1.3.6-1 the following line describes a new
> > > > >feature which, I believe, causes this breakage:
> > > > >
> > > > > - Allow use of /cygdrive as a directory. (Christopher Faylor)
> > > > >
> > > > >I'd like to ask the Cygwin developers to explain if this is:
> > > > >
> > > > > a) being considered a bug that will be fixed, or
> > > > > b) this is a change in cygwin behavior that we'll have to live with, or
> > > > > c) none of the above - the prefix is changed in a different way now
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's worthwhile to check the email list archives before asking these
> > > > kinds of questions. The answers are often there (and certainly are
> > > > there in this case). It's good practice... and useful too! ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com
> > > > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
> > > > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> > > > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
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