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Re: xfree86 install fails
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 08:02:14AM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>The mount information is pretty much the only information that Cygwin
>stores in the registry, and unfortunately it is not cleared when you
>uninstall Cygwin/XFree86. At least, I don't recall that it is cleared.
>I will probably add something about this to the FAQ, eventually.
If you do, I would appreciate minimizing the references to the registry.
People are fascinated by the fact that cygwin uses the registry and,
knowing this, seem to resist using mount and umount to manipulate paths.
In future versions of cygwin it is entirely possible that the registry
usage will change so anyone who is relying on registry "tricks" will
potentially be confused.
cgf