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Re: auto-mounting /
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: auto-mounting /
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:08:33 -0400
- References: <200005250505.BAA02497@envy.delorie.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 01:05:06AM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>OK, I'm working through the code to LoadLibrary cygwin1.dll (*that*
>was a project) and using getmntent() to find any existing "/" mount.
>
>Guess what? There's always one, because starting cygwin1.dll creates
>on if needed.
And this is a surprise? Ron Parker mentioned this when he was first
working on setup.
>Why? Why can't we just leave "/" unmounted if there isn't one? Won't
>that mean that the default is that "/" is the root of the current
>drive, which might make a lot of sense for cygwin programs running
>outside a fully configured environment?
I don't know how cygwin will react if it can't resolve root. I guess
it will always resort to /cygdrive/x which might be perfect.
I have no objections to eliminating the automounting of root as soon
as we've released the next net release.
cgf