Ok - so I did a re-install and mount -p is back. But a setup "bug" (probably not setup.exe's fault) was discovered in the process.
I first tried a re-install and once again was told cygwin1.dll could not be replaced because of a running process (thought I had killed everything). Rather than quit and start over, I pressed the continue button and re-booted the laptop when the re-install completed. mount -p was STILL broken, so something sure was amiss. Turned out I had cygserver and postgres via cygserver running. (Forgot about them). These services start automatically (along with sshd) when Windows starts up. *ALSO* I have an XWin Server in the Startup folder of the Windows Start Menu. So apparently, one of these services is starting up *BEFORE* the cygwin1.dll can be replaced by Windows at startup. Weird. My laptop has an encrypted hard disk using SafeGuard. That might have something to do with it. Anyhow, it's not a bug I have time to help chase down (unless someone else wants to take the lead on it - I'll be happy to help in that case). Otherwise let this be a lesson to ALL - setup "best practice" is to shut down ALL cygwin processes and services BEFORE running setup.exe. Otherwise ... "your mileage may vary" ... -----Original Message----- >From: Brian Kelly <reedf...@ix.netcom.com> >Sent: Aug 21, 2010 3:18 PM >To: cygwin@cygwin.com >Subject: Re: 1.7.6-1: mount -p and mount --show-cygdrive-prefix broken in >latest release > > >Funny - setup.exe shows I have 1.7.6. I'm re-installing now. I think I know >what happened. I had XWin running while doing the previous install, and the >prompt occurred telling I couldn't overwrite certain files that were part of >running processes. It told me I'd have to reboot - which was fine by me so I >continued. Apparently something "fell down" in that whole train of events, and >when the reboot later occurred, the cygwin1.dll must not have been actually >replaced. I'll let you know if the re-install fixes things. > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Brian Kelly <reedf...@ix.netcom.com> >>Sent: Aug 21, 2010 4:00 PM >>To: cygwin@cygwin.com >>Subject: Re: 1.7.6-1: mount -p and mount --show-cygdrive-prefix broken in >>latest release >> >>kb06...@chg211134 ~ >>Here's the latest test - notice it reports correctly when just "mount" is >>invoked. >> >>$ which mount >>/usr/bin/mount >> >>kb06...@chg211134 ~ >>$ mount >>C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) >>C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) >>C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto) >>C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) >>M: on /cygdrive/m type mvfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) >>Z: on /cygdrive/z type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) >> >>kb06...@chg211134 ~ >>$ mount -p >>mount: invalid option - '' >> >>kb06...@chg211134 ~ >>$ >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com> >>>Sent: Aug 21, 2010 3:29 PM >>>To: cygwin@cygwin.com >>>Subject: Re: 1.7.6-1: mount -p and mount --show-cygdrive-prefix broken in >>>latest release >>> >>>On Aug 21 15:17, Brian Kelly wrote: >>>> I have a script that relies on these mount options to discover how the >>>> prefix is set. I did an upgrade a couple days ago, and the script broke. >>>> Looking in the log, I discovered the following error: >>>> >>>> $ mount -p >>>> mount: invalid option - '' >>>> >>>> You get the same error when I tried the other argument: >>>> >>>> $ mount --show-cygdrive-prefix >>>> mount: invalid option - '' >>>> >>>> This behavior is seen in the straight bash environment, outside of my >>>> script. Apparently with the latest update. I noticed mount work was done >>>> in this release New Cygwin DLL 1.7.6-1 release: >>>> >>>> - Add new mount options "dos" and "ihash" to allow overriding Cygwin >>>> default behaviour on broken filesystems not recognized by Cygwin. >>>> See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table >>>> and http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount >>>> >>>> - Add new mount option "bind" to allow remounting parts of the POSIX file >>>> hirarchy somewhere else. >>>> See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table >>>> and http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount >>>> >>>> If this option was removed, the man page is not reflecting it, and user >>>> documentation is not reflecting it. >>> >>>The option hasn't been removed and it still works fine for me. >>> >>>> Output from cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out is attached. >>> >>>Your cygcheck output shows that $PATH contains >>> >>>Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\apache\bin >>> C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin >>> [...] >>> >>>prior to the Cygwin default paths. Are you shore you're running >>>the correct `mount'? >>> >>>Oh, and, btw., you're still running Cygwin 1.7.5, not 1.7.6, >>>as far as your cygcheck output is concerned. >>> >>> >>>Corinna >>> >>>-- >>>Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to >>>Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >>>Red Hat >>> >>>-- >>>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>>Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>> >> >> >>-- >>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> > > >-- >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
