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Re: [patch] setup.exe changes for Redownload/Reinstall Current version or Sources only - Part 2
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: [patch] setup.exe changes for Redownload/Reinstall Current version or Sources only - Part 2
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 00:55:33 -0400
- References: <EA18B9FA0FE4194AA2B4CDB91F73C0EF08EFA8@itdomain002.itdomain.net.au>
- Reply-To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:42:22PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:46 PM
>> To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
>> Subject: Re: [patch] setup.exe changes for
>> Redownload/Reinstall Current
>> version or Sources only - Part 2
>>
>>At the very very least it should reset the /usr/src mount point. Then,
>>at least, the source files would show up someplace as far as cygwin was
>>concerned. I don't really like this idea, but it is better than
>>nothing.
>
>IIRC setup used to do that. Then there was a heated discussion on
>cygwin(-users) and Dj altered setup to preserve existing mount points.
Yes, I thought I remembered this, too.
cgf