X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=khmYq7XD4UAhujpI jECzEkRpBtaPAhUPHsM7KBu6qVUhdLNPR5a8TGgHjJtRHIxd03TEDXQwe4/XLKTR gHVunn//9kA9FAQ1iN+1hxkGApckyAKpyfrcinCPKj+/g4geLSj7HXRbw4etdFjf ts18+iiRXV4y985yYHtusNO2s2U= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=9KLUYDXjdnZSTyEB/Mu9Qt LJHmY=; b=jFlzpFkLVvbfLXMfyxhjtCyCzGvfUidir2x+BaNdzqDApblAf8RvMc T3Q+Er2oglOWxOd1vN30FNe5Okis/O5T3Ho7pJ+/lmq6qKq5KryvnQJRnJl7EZ7S D0RYyNxhK2WT0dexDg3icLTJzN4Z9FgcIuprFfGVcZ2R/gqHiw8Zw= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp.ht-systems.ru Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:23:42 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <3610183781.20141112232342@yandex.ru> To: Corinna Vinschen , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory In-Reply-To: <20141112103026.GZ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20141110205216.GJ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <0B8D23F7-0258-472D-BF38-860402FD3CDC@etr-usa.com> <20141111101821.GO2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <551076208.20141111182959@yandex.ru> <20141111165751.GV2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <1010183966.20141111231942@yandex.ru> <20141112103026.GZ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! >> >> nsswitch.conf configurable settings: >> >> user: Use %AppData%/Cygwin%PLATFORM% (Separate directory for different >> >> platform Cygwins) >> >> > I really don't like this one. >> >> I'm just summing up suggestions that have been raised in the list for last >> day. :) >> >> > Your naming scheme (user/system/cygwin) has its merits, but I don't see that >> > a home directory of any sort belongs under AppData. >> >> Not home directory. User profile directory. >> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-11/msg00201.html > I was talking about the Cygwin home dir. The home dir is a home dir. > It doesn't contain only stuff which is application dependent. We know that much. But it isn't easy to convince whole world in this truth. > It may > also contain arbitrary user-specific stuff. Cygwin-user specific, I'd say. At least, that seems to be common expectation among the users and developers here. > So the Cygwin home dir > is equivalent to the CMD homedir, which is %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%, Which is covered by "system" setting. Which will either read the location from AD or use %HOMEPATH%, if all else fails. > not %HOMEPATH%/AppData/Roaming/CMD. I don't see, why not. Forget for a moment about its true location. Does it matter, where the files are located, when cygwin is running? -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 12.11.2014, <23:18> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple