X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:40:56 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.7.6 snapshot: intermittent "CreateProcessW failed" Message-ID: <20100701084056.GB14971@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20100628183440 DOT GA18422 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20100629083055 DOT GZ8163 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20100629103330 DOT GE8163 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <1213676758 DOT 20100701025232 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <4C2C0952 DOT 5020902 AT cygwin DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C2C0952.5020902@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Jun 30 23:19, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 6/30/2010 6:52 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > >Greetings, Andy Koppe! > > > >>>>C:/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) > >>>>C:/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) > >>>>C: on / type ntfs (binary,auto) > >>> > >>>Urgh. I hope you know what you're doing... > > > >>Yeah, I do trust the Cygwin package maintainers not to overwrite > >>/Windows or /Users. > > > >Actually that was a reference to C:/bin being a pointer to /usr/bin instead > >of /bin In normal installation it is that way plus /usr/bin as symlink to > >/bin Not the other way around. (sh is in /bin, with your structure, no way it > >could be reached through C:/bin ) > > Actually, what Andy has is what 'setup.exe' provides if you install in > 'C:\'. I have the same thing. So what he has is a "normal installation" > if the user chooses to install in 'C:\'. Also, FWIW, 'setup.exe' does not > create a "symlink" from '/usr/bin' to '/bin'. It only creates the mounts > like what Andy shows above. Actually, these mount points are not created by setup. As you can see from the above `mount' output, they are automatic mount points which are generated at startup of the first Cygwin instance: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table Start at "A correct root directory is quite essential ..." Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple