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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:36:17 -0500
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	Earnie Boyd on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:34:56 -0800 (PST))
Subject: Re: setup drops mount?
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> Should we now modify this to conditionally remove these based on whether the
> installation is into a new root directory?  If I'm updating I would be very
> upset to learn that my now mounted /bin directory had been removed.  I have it
> mounted per CGF's suggestion for cygexec bit switch.

Setup doesn't know about existing mount points.  If you want to teach
it to respect existing mount points and symbolic links, then perhaps
we can safely leave existing mounts alone.

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