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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 18:01:32 -0400
To: cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problems with setup.exe
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In-Reply-To: <3935534C.8265.3ADB45@localhost>; from tomcw@localnet.com on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 06:00:44PM -0700

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 06:00:44PM -0700, Tom Weichmann wrote:
>I know that setup.exe is a work in progress, and have heard that some
>major re-construction is under way, but I would like to know if there
>is a fix for this.  Every time I update a package using setup -u foo
>setup reverts my mount table back to the default, and re-writes
>cygwin.bat deleting any modifications I have made.

Setup.exe always resets the root mount, etc.  and always rewrites
cygwin.bat.  There is no way around this.

cgf

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