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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:06:06 +0000
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: setup drops mount?
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	<200011131623 DOT LAA24069 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com>

On Monday 13 Nov 00, DJ Delorie writes:
> There are certain key mounts that setup removes always, /var is one of
> them.  If you look in install.cc, you'll see the whole list:
> 
>   remove_mount ("/");
>   remove_mount ("/usr");
>   remove_mount ("/usr/bin");
>   remove_mount ("/usr/lib");
>   remove_mount ("/var");
>   remove_mount ("/lib");
>   remove_mount ("/bin");
>   remove_mount ("/etc");
> 
>   create_mount ("/", root_dir, istext, issystem);
>   create_mount ("/usr/bin", concat (root_dir, "/bin", 0), istext, issystem);
>   create_mount ("/usr/lib", concat (root_dir, "/lib", 0), istext, issystem);
> 
> This is done to ensure that the resulting setup works smoothly for all
> users.

I added an entry to the FAQ about this.

But what about /usr/local?  I have this mounted elsewhere, setup
doesn't clear it, and latest/opengl-1.1.0-2.tar.gz gets installed in
the wrong place.  (Perhaps opengl is packaged wrong?)

Thanks,
David


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