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Re: setup drops mount?
- To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
- Subject: Re: setup drops mount?
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:35:22 -0500
- CC: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <20001113193253.7701.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>
> Assuming what? That the bin directory isn't relative to the user selected root
> mount path? Or that the mounted bin directory is actually not contained within
> the d:\foo (where d:\foo is the user chosen root mount path) directory but is
> mounted somewhere else? The way setup operates today, you're screwed if you
> move the bin directory anyway and try to update. So, maybe if this is an
> update the translation should happen anyway. But, ...
Yes, this is what I was talking about.
If you want to add code that retains existing mount points *if* they
reflect the "usual" locations of those directories (i.e. they exist
just to set flags), it's OK with me. That should be simpler than full
support for arbitrary mount tables.
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