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Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
- From: Henri <houder at xs4all dot nl>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:18:54 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
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- References: <CALiPeun3bCr9uNNA56Kc-8VbLXFXrTrTWJikdRx0jjRFvAuwkA at mail dot gmail dot com> <loom dot 20160120T085800-407 at post dot gmane dot org>
Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> NexGo.DE> writes:
>
> David Lee <mailtolky <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > >> WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -S -u)/drivers/etc"
>
> It's been looking for that for quite some time IIRC. That indeed should
> likely be
>
> WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc"
>
> although I've yet to find an official MS document that says so. I'd
> appreciate if someone could point that out to me, I'll update the base-files
> package in the next few days.
Looking for the 'etc' directory ?
@@ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW Seven 2.3.1(0.291/5/3) 2015-11-14 12:42 i686 Cygwin
@@ ls -l /drv/c/windows/SysWOW64/drivers | grep etc # no etc in drivers
below SysWOW64
@@ ls -l /drv/c/windows/System32/drivers | grep etc # System32 is redirected
to SysWOW64
@@ ls -l /drv/c/windows/SysNative/drivers | grep etc # basically, etc exists
in drivers below System32
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Sep 7 2014 etc
64-@@ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.1 Seven 2.3.1(0.291/5/3) 2015-11-14 12:44 x86_64 Cygwin
64-@@ ls -l /drv/c/windows/System32/drivers | grep etc
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Sep 7 2014 etc
64-@@ ls -l /drv/c/windows/SysWOW64/drivers | grep etc # again, no etc in
drivers below SysWOW64
-----
Summary:
32-bits:
/drv/c/windows/SysNative/drivers/etc exists
64-bits:
/drv/c/windows/System32/drivers/etc exists
Regards,
Henri
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