From: corinna DOT vinschen AT cityweb DOT de (Corinna Vinschen)
Subject: Re: Answer to your text == binary question
22 Jan 1999 02:25:07 -0800
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To: Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
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Geoffrey Noer wrote:
> [...]
> The biggest thing that needs to be done is to provide an upgrade
> path from the old mount table layout to the new one.  This will most
> likely be done with some combination of an upgrade flag in mount and
> possibly an upgrade method contained in the Cygwin DLL.  I haven't
> ironed out the details yet.

I would prefer, to see the upgrade code only in an additional small B20-
application. The code is only used a short time and after the upgrade,
it's useless. The application is easier to throw away, later.

> Perhaps the CYGWIN environment variable should determine the mode of
> automounts?

I like Earnies idea of using the mount mode of /.

Regards,
Corinna