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Re: More: [1.7] packaging problem? Both /usr/bin/ and /usr/lib/ are non-empty


On May  5 18:41, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Corinna Vinschen


http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR


>> ...but here's the problem.  Consider these default entries:
>>
>>   C:/cygwin /
>>   C:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin
>>   C:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib
>>
>> And /etc/fstab only consists of a single line:
>>
>>   X:/cygwin-1.7 /
>>
>> then, after reading /etc/fstab we have the end result:
>>
>>   X:/cygwin-1.7 /
>>   C:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin
>>   C:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib
>>
>> That looks somewhat fragile, doesn't it?
>>
>
> I would make / permanent; i.e. unchangeable by the user.  Any mounts in 
> /etc/fstab to / are just discarded.  For MSYS the root / is always the 
> parent directory of the directory containing the dll and the directory 
> containing the dll is always /bin.

Hmm, that's an idea.  We never fixed root before but there is a certain
dumbness to the idea to change / (and /usr/bin) away from the place
where the Cygwin DLL resides.

I'd rather like to hear other opinions before doing that, though.


Corinn

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