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, 5 Jun 2001 19:16:24 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes... Message-ID: <20010605191624.A14939@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <009101c0eafc$a3409230$7556273f@ca.boeing.com><20010601205630.A6978@redhat.com><001801c0eb03$951d79a0$7556273f@ca.boeing.com><5583-Mon04Jun2001103301+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk><006e01c0ece6$cef04560$893a243f@ca.boeing.com> <7761-Tue05Jun2001103147+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> <009501c0edb3$e9b3d6a0$646e1a3f@ca.boeing.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <009501c0edb3$e9b3d6a0$646e1a3f@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:37:11AM -0700 On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:37:11AM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Starks-Browning" >To: "Michael A. Chase" >Cc: >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 02:31 >Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes... > > >> On Monday 4 Jun 01, Michael A. Chase writes: >>>The final comment in that thread from Chris was that the FAQ is still >>>correct. It's just that now that setup.exe honors existing mount >>>points, someone who 'knows what their doing' can split /usr/bin/ and >>>/bin/. If you mention that it is possible, you should also mention >>>that it is strongly not recommended. >> >>I won't mention that it's possible to change anything. I will simply >>remove the FAQ entry "Setup screwed up my mounts!" because it shouldn't >>do that any more. > >I wouldn't take it out quite yet. The behavior when the user asks for >a new Cygwin root hasn't been completely settled yet. It might change >in a way that looks like the old behavior. How so? It should replace the root and leave other mounts alone. David's analysis is correct. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple