X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:08:14 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: mount with the latest cygwin snapshot Message-ID: <20070629110814.GA5051@ednor> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20070629023439 DOT GA3670 AT ednor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 08:33:12PM -0700, Karl M wrote: > Hi All... > >> From: Christopher Faylor Subject: Re: mount with the latest cygwin snapshot >> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:34:40 -0400 >> >> On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 07:08:27PM -0700, Karl M wrote: >> > $ c:/cygwin/bin/mount -f -s -b C:/Cygwin / >> > cygwin warning: >> > MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Cygwin >> > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: / >> > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this >> > warning. >> > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: >> > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames >> >> You have to update your mount.exe from a cygwin-inst-*.tar.bz2 too. >> > So I downloaded the latest cygwin-inst file and did a tar -xjf to my > desktop. Then I stopped all cygwin processes and copied the etc and usr to > C:\Cygwin. But then I got the same warning message the first time I ran my > script (but not subsequent times). But I also noticed that I had the new > files that should have been in /bin in /usr/bin and so on. I did the manual > copy to avoid the in use file replacement problem. I then manually moved the > contents of /usr/bin and /usr/lib to /bin and /lib to resolve the problem. > > So what is the correct way to do the update from the cygwin-inst-?.tar.bz2? tar -xf cygwin-inst-*.tar.bz2 -C / and make appropriate allowances for cygwin1.dll. If you can't figure out what appropriate allowances are, then you shouldn't be installing the snapshot. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/