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Re: other installer concern
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, Ron Parker <rparker1 at kc dot rr dot com>, rdparker at butlermfg dot org
- Subject: Re: other installer concern
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 06:12:28 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> 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.
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Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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