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 Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: From: "Tackett, Galen" To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Suggestion: /etc/hosts Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:29:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" cgf wrote: > So, like all great ideas, all that it needs is an actual patch to make it happen. Yep, just like interstellar travel, time machines, and toasters that always get the bread just right on the first try. (Sorry... I just couldn't resist a little sillines.) -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:22 AM To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Suggestion: /etc/hosts On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:48:07AM -0400, Joe Buehler wrote: >Paul Johnston wrote: > >>NT has an equivalent to /etc/hosts, so I think the cygwin install should >>create this symbolic link: >> >>/etc/hosts -> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts > >This is a great idea, making allowances for variations in the different >versions of Windows, of course. So, like all great ideas, all that it needs is an actual patch to make it happen. cgf -- 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/