X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= default; b=tlAo3sMDphY2GWkRXP5zLef/2sp/mnslsFO4T9sh8YY3fSryY1jVN 9Xw4eCH8WAXQAI40iDYagNdLmMz//gigCuGhdp9xzyfuaF915bUK6Yd3258E3+n2 wwEqp0bMSS1l0oOnN0mHew7AOHJFoMILNcXTDIltYz0dHW3lqsucKs= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=oPbgS0gD+whLBIX5xtocDxZEEAw=; b=oGJMiZ6Z3fmfAsVx8Bk7v3jeuhWZ oZ6egVnLdBsSIGct3svuA2E5L5S04PhKOpo/Gs6jPb2JhDr8DhSGCsUG0t/ssA2w WpDSQvo+wKVyvbB+ExD1CmS3qIq6CX7dQX5sA0E0+DKPnqeRa4kigD/2wJ0DJmCq gv9KRzv8D3U9bjU= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: plane.gmane.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Kurt Franke Subject: Re: /usr/local/bin symbolic link disappears every time cyg setup is run Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 17:48:32 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <5407D6E7 DOT 4040509 AT cygwin DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: > > On 09/03/2014 05:19 PM, Dat Head wrote: > > I have a symlink from /usr/local/bin to /3TB-external/bin/CYGWIN to keep > > architecture independent bin files on an external drive for portability. > > > > every time I run cyg setup.exe it removes the symlink and creates an > > empty /usr/local/bin directory - is it really supposed to do that? > > are there some cygwin pkgs (none that I have installed because it has > > never put anything there) that put files there? (even if there are, > > it shouldn't zap the symlink) > > /usr/local is a common subtree on Linux systems, common enough that > setup makes sure it exists by creating it. Setup, though, doesn't > know about all the variations of symlinks that Cygwin itself does > so its pretty heavy-handed when it comes to symlinks that get in > its way. As a work-around, you could script setup so that it > recreates the symlink you want with each run. You could even make > your own "mirror" which provides a package that contains only a > postinstall script that does this, so that anytime you run setup, > you could install or reinstall this package from your own mirror > to make this more generic and integrated. Another alternative > is to take a look at setup's source and see if you can create a > patch to handle this better. You can probably think up some > other possibilities for a solution that you like even better. > I just use /usr/local as a mount point: $> df /usr/local/ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on D:/cygwin-local/usr/local 766838780 405249584 361589196 53% /usr/local setup may create any structure under this mount point, but this has no effect in cygwin due to the mount will hide the previous files/directories at this location this methode prevents me from putting directory tres inside cygwin tree which are not delivered via cygwin setup. I do this also for /home snip from /etc/fstab : D:/cygwin-local/usr/local /usr/local some_fs binary 0 0 D:/cygwin-local/home /home some_fs binary 0 0 regards kf -- 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