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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:41:57 +0200
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Subject: Cygwin |chroot()| "bad" - but what should replace it ? / was: Re:
 process substitution to create a virtual file doesn't work in chroot
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From: Roland Mainz via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 10:50 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Aug 27 18:13, Cary Lewis via Cygwin wrote:
[snip
> The chroot implementation is old, bad, and deprecated.  I was going
> to rip it out entirely for I don't know how often already, but there
> was always somebody asking to keep it.  Given that it never did what
> chroot is intended, don't use it.

What should replace it if you rip it out ? And why is the implemenation "bad" ?

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