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: <009501c0edb3$e9b3d6a0$646e1a3f@ca.boeing.com> From: "Michael A. Chase" To: "David Starks-Browning" Cc: "cygwin" References: <009101c0eafc$a3409230$7556273f@ca.boeing.com><20010601205630.A6978@redhat.com><001801c0eb03$951d79a0$7556273f@ca.boeing.com><5583-Mon04Jun2001103301+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk><006e01c0ece6$cef04560$893a243f@ca.boeing.com> <7761-Tue05Jun2001103147+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes... Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 04:37:11 -0700 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Starks-Browning" To: "Michael A. Chase" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 02:31 Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes... > On Monday 4 Jun 01, Michael A. Chase writes: > > The final comment in that thread from Chris was that the FAQ is still > > correct. It's just that now that setup.exe honors existing mount points, > > someone who 'knows what their doing' can split /usr/bin/ and /bin/. If you > > mention that it is possible, you should also mention that it is strongly not > > recommended. > > I won't mention that it's possible to change anything. I will simply > remove the FAQ entry "Setup screwed up my mounts!" because it > shouldn't do that any more. I wouldn't take it out quite yet. The behavior when the user asks for a new Cygwin root hasn't been completely settled yet. It might change in a way that looks like the old behavior. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple