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From: ericblake AT comcast DOT net (Eric Blake)
To: Angelo Graziosi <Angelo DOT Graziosi AT roma1 DOT infn DOT it>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: testers needed prior to 1.5.19 release
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:53:44 +0000
Message-Id: <091420050053.19515.432774980004344D00004C3B22007510900A050E040D0C079D0A@comcast.net>

> 
> I have noted only that the /dev directory does not appear in root (/) :

Do you not read the ChangeLogs?
http://cygwin.com/snapshots/winsup-changelog-20050909-20050912
* fhandler_disk_file.cc (fhandler_disk_file::readdir): Temporarily
	remove insertion of /dev into root directory.

In short, until a real /dev works (where the user can add entries),
faking it is not worth it for 1.5.19.

--
Eric Blake



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