X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4C65861A.9040705@hones.org.uk> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:51:22 +0100 From: Cliff Hones User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin 1.7: why there is a directory E/cygwin/dev in the tree of cygwin ? References: <485797401003160836l4a74aee2q527fa059765502a9 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20100316154432 DOT GB18610 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <416096c61003160854v4f18669ep57635447a8b55061 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4B9FE12F DOT 4020008 AT hones DOT org DOT uk> <485797401003170119v484779f0p28304ffe1491951 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4BA11DB7 DOT 8030804 AT redhat DOT com> <20100317182840 DOT GW6505 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <4C656BF9 DOT 6060905 AT redhat DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4C656BF9.6060905@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) (dominator.watchfront.net.uk) X-Spam-Report: dominator.watchfront.net.uk has scanned this email for spam. Results:- T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 (total -0.0, current threshold 4.0) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Eric Blake wrote: > [reviving an old thread, relevant to today's current bash postinstall > failures] > ... > I'm building a new bash package now that should fix all this mess, by > using the same means as 000-cygwin-post-install.sh to populate necessary > entries into /dev. Splendid! Just for the record, I noticed this over a year ago: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-07/msg00944.html So, proof that we don't need a bug tracker - mailing lists work fine! The change to check postinstall exit codes is likely to throw up a few more buglets yet, but looks like it will be well worth the pain. [Now, I'm just waiting for something completely different: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00298.html ] -- Cliff -- 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