Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link

[Robert Klemme]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM,  wrote:
> Is there any reason why each time a new cygwin program is
> installed/updated, the installer overwrites my /usr/local/bin link?
>
> I symlink /usr/local/bin to another location and it gets overwritten
> each time.
>
> Is there any way to avoid such behavior?

You could mount that other location instead of symlinking.

Kind regards

robert

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