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:from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=Zc4FQ JrcsTzvsSDYDC5W/7bnRgqMopS99tBcSOCpJKZKDSwkCLRnanjQC8Blz9KWvh7Xw zi8Wvj0sKN/ccwNVLUoCzl4KHPS1Jl2z6zmUOgdGTdHhic7AQs3xEtOuLG1J2kbj 860kYL1F6jqEiBtPY6lB9IcgG/bgjINwiRcl1o= 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:from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=b0JZtNIImJF aEKmT45RR9HPl00s=; b=XfNnbtN/UkhxvJRGftLoyZldqI4uF4oAAZCkPLAq3hl Ij5BzrzWMxY8cUJiOSDXHIbVwtKh6CVwId7NOn4AXntIQdacFq2Hy8YEGryEmwpF XG5bNUubh4Zj79/0xgXJlu6BZQM8a+Wh83uMf0C8KOY+WhTncud+HeIrtRG/9hkY = 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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=powerpoint, Hx-languages-length:1033, PowerPoint, bullet X-HELO: mail-in-09.arcor-online.net X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-10.arcor-online.net 3pmZCC0JM0z8TgH From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc References: <87fuxsjd5x DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:53:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Henri's message of "Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:01:59 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: <87k2n290bh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Henri writes: > Yes, your proposal will work ... BECAUSE in that specific case, redirection > will be switched OFF (hey, study the URL that I posted). Yes, I've read that. What goes still unanswered is if that's the only place Windows ever looks for those files. I guess yes, but I can't find no positive confirmation. > Btw, Microsoft thinks the "SysNative nonsense" a necessity; it even patched > XP in order to introduce that nonsense ... I'm sure they think that and there's probably a PowerPoint with lots of bullet points that says so. But I've yet to meet anyone who thinks it was a bright idea after running into it unexpectedly. If anything, MS themselves couldn't make it work without those exceptions whose documentation is not easy to find. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- 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