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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:38:01 +0100
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Am 25.11.2009, 14:05 Uhr, schrieb Corinna Vinschen  
<corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>:

> Hi folks,
>
>
> I just uploaded a new Cygwin 1.7 test release, 1.7.0-66.
>
> If this doesn't introduce any new regressions, this will (probably)
> be the last test release.

Greetings,

after having played with Cygwin 1.5 on XP SP3 for a long while, for so  
long that I forgot what I initially changed,
I've now tried a fresh install of Cygwin on 1.7 (still with 1.7.0-65) on a  
fresh Windows 7 Professional 32-bit install.

The one thing that got me wondering is that /etc/passwd uses  
/home/$LOGNAME (/home/hans for instance), rather than $USERPROFILE  
(/cygdrive/C/Users/hans), for the home directory.

Is it intentional that Cygwin creates a second home for users?

Thanks.

Best regards

-- 
Matthias Andree

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