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RE: Forcing SYSTEMROOT (opinions needed)
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: Forcing SYSTEMROOT (opinions needed)
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:14:39 +1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:21 PM
> To: Christopher Faylor
> Subject: Re: Forcing SYSTEMROOT (opinions needed)
>
>
> So we have to trade the possibility of someone wanting
> complete control of
> his environment versus the possibility of someone not
> specifying SYSTEMROOT
> but needing it for the program that is about to be run.
This ones easy. Remove winsock/socket support from cygwin. See the
problems gone :]
> Should I flip a coin?
I'd add systemroot. If it's needed from cygwin running, not having it is
like trying to run hurd without a microkernel - if you want it
different you have to fiddle yourself!
We can always do a switch to control it down the track.
Rob
> cgf
>