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Re: ntsec a mount option?
On Jul 15 14:06, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Corinna Vinschen <XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXX.XXX>:
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR
>> On Jul 15 09:44, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:47:05AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> >Repurpose textmode mounts? I'm not sure I understand...
>>>
>>> "Repurpose" == "obliterate"
>>
>> Uh, oh. You know, *personally* I'm all for it, but I fear the uproar
>> on the Cygwin list.
>
> An uproar of cheers for it probably. Most confusing bit of OS wizardry.
> MSYS has been binary mode only since day 1. With your advancements of 1.7
> I would like to see MSYS disappear (or become a preconfigured Cygwin) but
> we'll see what the MinGW community will think of that. Not too much
> maintenance activity on it and no one seems to have time to get out another
> real release.
Unfortunately we can't remove the textmode stuff. We have customers who
require it.
Corinna
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