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From: "Paul Derbyshire" <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 00:00:53 -0400
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Subject: Re: Mysterious gdb behavior.
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On 2 Aug 2002 at 21:43, Robert Collins wrote:

> > It's not incorrect. Unless you think it's coincidence that the 
> > Documents and Settings subdirectory's name happens to be the same as 
> > my username.
> 
> It is a coincidence. 

Bull.

> Is it the default behaviour? Yes.

Ergo, it's not a coincidence.

> Is it the only behaviuor? No. There is a registry key that determines
> where the profile directory is, and what it's called, and that key can
> be changed at any point.

It just gets worse doesn't it? The last time I made an ill-advised 
manual registry tweak it took days to restore the system to a known 
good state. I'm not risking that again. Anyway, It Should Not Be 
Necessary to Fuck With The Registry To Make Cygwin Work As Designed.


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