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Re: Multiple cygwin installs: I have to do it, but how?
- To: RCUNNINGHAM at redlake dot com
- Subject: Re: Multiple cygwin installs: I have to do it, but how?
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:13:08 -0400
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <OF9D4D8BB2.929166C8-ON88256AE2.006F89D1@redlake.com>
RCUNNINGHAM@redlake.com wrote:
> Heck, all we need to do is place only the root mount point in the registry,
> as the name of a key. Everything else can (and should?) be in files within
> the associated Cygwin installation, especially including all other mount
> points.
Ummm...what about multiple users with different mount table entries?
Also, have you considered the performance penalties you'd incur by
moving mount table entries to a disk-based file? (Or you could cache in
memory -- but then how often would you sync the cache with the disk
file? When? c.f. mail archives on the many many optimizations
concerning /etc/passwd access)
--Chuck
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