From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: Re: Answer to your text == binary question
22 Jan 1999 08:55:16 -0800
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To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>,
        Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
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On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 10:21:11AM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>   1. If modes can be easily reset on automounts BEFORE the user actually 
>      uses, any pre-defined default mode is adequate.  

I think that it should be something like:

	mount -b --change-automount-root /larry-cygwin-drives

>   2. If modes cannot be set on some/any automounts before the user uses it,
>      we need a way to remove this limitation.

The limitation is to use regular mount in that case.

>   3. The mechanism to remove the limitation should be simple to use and
>      preferably not introduce new syntax if possible while not muddying 
>      existing conventions.

Well the automount-root (on reflection this is probably a confusing
name because it sounds like it has something to do with "/") certainly 
is a change but I think that it has the ability to do the right thing
in a way that makes sense.

I regret that CYGWIN=binmode behavior ever polluted disk mounts.
That wasn't what I intended and was, from my perspective, a bug.

-chris