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Re: Cygwin setup and mounts


On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:04, Sergei Okhapkin wrote:
> What are the reasons for setup program to create these mounts
> unconditionally (file install.cc, function do_install_thread)?
> 
>   create_mount ("/usr/bin", cygpath ("/bin"), istext, issystem);
>   create_mount ("/usr/lib", cygpath ("/lib"), istext, issystem);
> 
> The resulting cygwin installation has a mix of /usr/bin and /bin files
> in /bin (the same for /lib) and empty /usr/bin and /usr/lib directories.

It's historical, and IIRC in the FAQ.

Rob
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