Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:44:09 -0500 Message-Id: <200011141644.LAA08033@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: Karel.Sprenger@compaq.com CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com In-reply-to: <70DB181F3302D21192700000F806F3A0074357FD@utoexc1.uto.cpqcorp.net> (Karel.Sprenger@compaq.com) Subject: Re: setup drops mount? References: <70DB181F3302D21192700000F806F3A0074357FD@utoexc1.uto.cpqcorp.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. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com