At 04:19 PM 4/8/2002, James Nord wrote: >Hi, > >I apear to have found a bug in cygwins setup program 2.125.2.10 > >Description: > >When installing as administrator on XP if you select install for everyone and set the >default file format to be unix then the /cygdrive mount point will be binary mode >when running as the administrator user. > >mounts are stored in HLKM, however /cygdrive mounts and defaults are stored in HKCU >(see below.) > >So when a user (not administrator) comes to use the cygwin tools /cygdrive is mounted >text not binary. > >Why does cygwin store the /cygdrive default in HKCU and not HKLM when installing as >multiuser? >why not store the info in HKLM along with the other mount options?
Patches cheerfully accepted! >Also I couldn't find a way to change the options without running setup or regedit >again. >full drives can be changed with the mount command but /cygdrive only? mount -b -s -c /cygdrive Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
