----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 16:16
Subject: Re: Setup 2.57 woes...
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:37:11AM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David Starks-Browning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Michael A. Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >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.
>
> How so? It should replace the root and leave other mounts alone.
So it would be ok to go from
/ -> c:\cygwin\
/usr/bin/ -> c:\cygwin\bin\
/usr/lib/ -> c:\cygwin\lib\
/c/ -> c:\
to
/ -> c:\new_cygwin\
/usr/bin/ -> c:\cygwin\bin\
/usr/lib/ -> c:\cygwin\lib\
/c/ -> c:\
I would want to replace any mounts that are physically under / when
installing to a new Cygwin root.
> David's analysis is correct.
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