--- DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Should we now modify this to conditionally remove these based on whether
> the
> > installation is into a new root directory? If I'm updating I would be very
> > upset to learn that my now mounted /bin directory had been removed. I have
> it
> > mounted per CGF's suggestion for cygexec bit switch.
>
> Setup doesn't know about existing mount points. If you want to teach
> it to respect existing mount points and symbolic links, then perhaps
> we can safely leave existing mounts alone.
>
No, but it would know if it had to create a new root directory or even a new
/etc/setup directory or even a new /etc/setup/installed.db file. The point is,
if this is an update then the mount points are already set and there is no need
to unmount and remount.
Cheers,
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Earnie Boyd
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