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Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 10:15:58AM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 04:06:56PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >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 :)
>>
>> Maybe we should warn if fstab has CRLF endings. Just to be nice.
>
>Us, nice?
>
>Maybe we could produce something mean, like: "Your fstab has CR characters
>in it. We'll let you off easy this time, but don't expect your mounts to
>work if you persist in this antisocial behavior".
I was thinking more like:
*** <CR> detected in /etc/fstab. Aborting.
cgf