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Re: Default mount point and directory structure in cygwin archives
- To: Andrej dot Borsenkow at mow dot siemens dot ru
- Subject: Re: Default mount point and directory structure in cygwin archives
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:57:32 -0400
- CC: Cygwin at Sourceware dot Cygnus dot Com
- References: <000701bff7d0$90044380$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru>
> .../usr/{bin,lib}, but they both are hidden when cygwin is
> started. It is not always possible to unpack them under Cygwin (I
> cannot overwrite currently used files; that applies to cygwin1.dll
> in the first place).
That's what setup is for. It doesn't use *any* external files.
> Suggestion - change default mount points to /bin->/usr/bin and
> /lib->/usr/lib. That will allow to unpack archives both under
> Cygwin and Windows.
That would break packages that have /bin/whatever in them.
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