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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:43:23 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup
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On Nov 26 19:04, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > The right thing to do is to change the base-files package to utilize
> > /proc/cygdrive.  It's a vrtual symlink pointing to the actual cygdrive
> > prefix currently in use.  If these symlinks under /etc used the
> > /proc/cygdrive symlink, they would work all the time, independenly of
> > the actual cygdrive prefix.
>=20
> I was thinking of using a native symlink, but going through the procfs
> seems cleaner.

Native symlinks are no safe bet since they require special permissions.
Won't work when running setup as non-admin user.

> > Achim, any chance to tweak base-file accordingly?
>=20
> Noted, but it might take a while.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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