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 Message-ID: <001801c0eb03$951d79a0$7556273f@ca.boeing.com> From: "Michael A. Chase" To: References: <009101c0eafc$a3409230$7556273f@ca.boeing.com> <20010601205630.A6978@redhat.com> Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes... Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:30:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" To: Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 17:56 Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes... > 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. Perhaps that section of the FAQ could be re-written now. I'd have a heck of a time splitting /bin/ into separate /bin/ and /usr/bin/ directories with the right files in the right place though. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple