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From: "Tackett, Galen" <Galen DOT Tackett AT DynCorp DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:29:23 -0400
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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

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