Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20011204134849.022d9f08@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 13:57:02 -0500 To: Eduardo R Larranaga From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: Updated: cygwin-1.3.6-1 -- changing cygdrive prefix broken? Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: References: <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20011204123558 DOT 02245968 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Ed, I was actually referring to this: "I assume that the xemacs crash had something to do with /cygcheck, which should be fixed in cygwin-1.3.6-2." Chris has since announced that 1.3.6-2 will fix this problem in a specific message to the list. I expect you've seen that so you're answer and course of action is clear, right? Larry At 01:14 PM 12/4/2001, Eduardo R Larranaga wrote: >Larry, > > I appreciate your taking the time to work with a dummy. However, I read the > message you provided the link for and am still at a loss. > > In this message (Subject: Re: bugreport cygwin 1.3.6 + bash 2.05a-2 + command > completion) "cgf" says he cannot duplicate the problem even with the > "strange mount table". > > Surely you are not suggesting that using a "strange mount table" is the > Cygwin development team's solution to the problem? > > I just saw that a new cygwin is available (1.3.6-2) perhaps the issue has > been addressed after all... > >Ed > >On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > > > OK, I'll take the time to look it up myself and point you right to it > > (not something I usually do mind you)... > > > > > > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-12/msg00125.html > > > > > > OK, so it's "hidden" under a little different topic, so maybe it's > > easy to miss. Just shows you that you it's worthwhile to dig! ;-) > > > > I trust that answers your question? > > > > Larry > > > > At 12:24 PM 12/4/2001, Eduardo R Larranaga wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > > I *have* been reading the archives and I do not see an answer to this issue, > > > only complaints. > > > > > >Ed > > > > > >On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > > > > > > > At 12:14 PM 12/4/2001, Eduardo R Larranaga wrote: > > > > >In the Cygwin User's guide is a suggestion (and an example) to change the > > > > >default prefix with the mount command: > > > > > > > > > > mount -change-cygdrive-prefix / > > > > > > > > > >It seems that many of us have chosen to go with changing the prefix to /, but > > > > >with the latest version of cygwin 1.3.6-1 this leads to / being unusable. Being > > > > >able to do an "ls /" and see the contents of C:\ is a very desirable feature. > > > > > > > > > >In the recent announcement of cygwin 1.3.6-1 the following line describes a new > > > > >feature which, I believe, causes this breakage: > > > > > > > > > > - Allow use of /cygdrive as a directory. (Christopher Faylor) > > > > > > > > > >I'd like to ask the Cygwin developers to explain if this is: > > > > > > > > > > a) being considered a bug that will be fixed, or > > > > > b) this is a change in cygwin behavior that we'll have to live with, or > > > > > c) none of the above - the prefix is changed in a different way now > > > > > > > > > > > > It's worthwhile to check the email list archives before asking these > > > > kinds of questions. The answers are often there (and certainly are > > > > there in this case). It's good practice... and useful too! ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com > > > > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > > > > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > > > > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/