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Re: Cygwin broken after update (PATH problem?)


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According to Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 on 10/30/2006 1:09 AM:
>> One thing to try would be temporarily adding a text mount for /etc and
>> seeing if it helps. 
> 
> Sorry, what exactly does it mean "to add a *text* mount"?

man mount, or http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount

A text mount (created with mount -t instead of mount -b) treats all files
in that directory hierarchy as text files, and silently strips \r from
those files in programs that open them in default, as opposed to binary, mode.

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