Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <002101c07479$660851e0$9865fea9@timayum4srqln4> From: "Tim Prince" To: , "Robert Collins" Cc: , References: <3A512238.35C8979@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: why not use root as root? Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 21:03:46 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Maybe I don't understand what you are saying here. I build and test software routinely on a FAT32 partition, using build environments installed on either an NTFS or an extfs partition, so I can compare the test results conveniently. Possibly, you mean that the cygwin drive root installation is advisable only when installed on the same partition as the OS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earnie Boyd" To: "Robert Collins" Cc: ; Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 4:35 PM Subject: Re: why not use root as root? > Robert Collins wrote: > > > > > Why? Having it installed in the root offers no benefits (other than > > dejagnu working). And everyone doing support on the list is likely to > > ask a user that has installed into the root to reinstall off the root. > > And, it will only work if you are on the drive with Cygwin installed in the > root partition. I.E. you can only build and test on the drive with Cygwin > on it. > > Cheers, > Earnie -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple