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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 06:07:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: /usr/bin and /usr/lib mount points (WAS: RE: telnet problems with current cygwin version)
To: Peter Ring <PRI AT cddk DOT dk>
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--- Peter Ring <PRI AT cddk DOT dk> wrote:
-8<-
> 
> BTW, I'm also a bit perplexed about /bin vs. /usr/bin ... There's a
> discussion about it starting at about this message
-8<-

The reason for these mount points is that some UNIX utilities depend on the
existance of /usr/bin and/or /usr/lib.  With out these the utilities will fail
to work.  Knowing this, and not wanting to create duplication, it was decided
to just create mount points of the physical directories.

If you remove them (and you have the right to do so), then you risk not being
able to run some utilities.

Regards,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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