Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <20000403131228.23200.qmail@web120.yahoomail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 06:12:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Subject: Re: other installer concern To: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, Ron Parker , rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Chris Faylor wrote: > I notice that if I run the installer twice it prints an error message due > to the fact that /lib and /bin are mounted already. > > What should the accepted behavior be here? The easiest thing to do would be > to force the mount regardless of what the user has specified. Another option > would be to do nothing when mounting to the same place. Or, I guess you > could > ask the user what to do. > I would think that forcing the mount would be the best option. You'll need to warn the use that /bin and /lib are being remounted to a new location if they existed in the first place. If you don't force the mount then the potential to overright an existing installation that the user was thinking of keeping c/would get overwritten. ===== --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: Mingw Home: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com