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On 1/22/2016 2:13 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> David Lee <mailtolky <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> Sorry not sure what you mean. 
> 
> What I mean is this: are all the Windows versions that Cygwin supports
> looking for the hosts and other files in
> 
>   %windir%\system32\drivers\etc
> 

Yes.

> or are there some versions, situations or configurations where it looks for
> those files in a different place?
> 

I've not seen any plans to change it.

> That the postinstall for base-files has worked until 2.4.0 seems to indicate
> that the place is always the same, but the absence of a bug report is not
> the same as positive confirmation.
> 

I haven't tried that version as yet.

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