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RE: New setup uploaded - 2.218.2.8
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig at idirect dot net>
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:05:23 +1000
- Subject: RE: New setup uploaded - 2.218.2.8
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harig, Mark A. [mailto:maharig@idirect.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:42 AM
> Should this behavior of setup.exe's searching the directory
> tree below the '/' mount point be documented, or should it be changed?
Setup would only look under '/' if you chose the dos location of '/' as
your 'local package directory. If it's not clear that doing that is a
'bad thing', then we need to change that screen to make it obvious.
Cygwin setup wants a directory all to itself to use as it's package
cache.
Rob
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