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Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area
On Apr 4 09:55, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Btw., since setup.exe (or the subsequent script) can and will always create
> > an /etc/fstab file, doesn't that mean we can get rid of the choices
> > "all users" and "just me"? The only difference between these two choices
> > is in which registry area the mount points go. So there's no reason to
> > stick to that choice.
>
> Yes, that makes sense.
>
> > And while we're at it, I don't see any need to stick to the UNIX/DOS
> > choice either. We should always install binary mount points. If the
> > user needs text mounts, there's an editor and a fstab file, right?
>
> Ah, but which mode will you edit it in? :-)
Doesn't matter. The code reading fstab understands LF and CRLF line
endings :)
Corinna
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