Re: /usr/bin exists not; man can't find nroff; permissions inconsistent

[Carlo Florendo y Flora <list-subscriber at hq dot astra dot ph>]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Carlo Florendo wrote:
>
>  
>
> > 3APA3A wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Dear Carlo Florendo,
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > d:\cygwin\/bin                     /usr/bin                  system  binmode
> > > > d:\cygwin\/lib                     /usr/lib                  system  binmode
> > > >        
> > > remount /usr/bin and /usr/lib correctly.
> > >      
> > Great!  First, from cmd prompt, I unmounted everything using:
> >
> > umount -A
> >
> > Then, I mounted the root directory using
> >
> > mount d:\cygwin  /
> >
> > Then, I made /usr/bin a symbolik link to /bin by:
> >
> > ln -s /bin/ /usr/bin
> >    
>
> NO, NO, NO!  Don't use symlinks.  /usr/bin and /usr/lib are supposed to be
> *mounted*.  Simply "mount -f d:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin" and "mount -f
> d:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib".  Otherwise lots of stuff will break when you
> least expect it.  Just for consistency, you might also want to "mount -f
> -b d:/cygwin/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts", although
> that's optional since your primary mount is binmode.
>
>  
Oh Igor!  Thanks for the pointers.  I guess I have to read more about 
cygwin mounts.

> > Now, everything works fine now.  Gee, why did I have to do that?  Isn't
> > that supposed to be taken cared of by setup?
> >    
>
> I have a feeling you've hit on the "trailing backslash in Cygwin root"
> bug.  It was discussed on the list about a month ago -- just search the
> archives (using Google).
> 	Igor
>  

Ok.  I'll do that!

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo Florendo y Flora
Astra Philippines Inc.
www.astra.ph







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