X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:32:28 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME? Message-ID: <20080606163228.GA31777@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <17682731.post@talk.nabble.com> <9EB3F60D4340471B9502C84A79125999@DFW5RB41> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 08:14:57AM -0700, Karl M wrote: >Perhaps Cygwin should give first priority to /etc/passwd (reversing 1 >and two). This would put things more in the hands of the Cygwin user. > >If Cygwin did not have so many defaults (with the change to 1.7.x) then >it would be less useful to smply drop a cygwin1.dll file into some >random place (by 3PPs) and cause other problems. Does it need to look >anywhere but /etc/passwd (after finding fstab and other stuff)? You know, I think that's a really good point! How about if we just remove all of the HOME stuff entirely and rely on /etc/passwd, just like, you know...? I've always hated the hoops we jump through trying to get HOME right. Thank you, Karl, for making this suggestion. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/