On Jun 30 23:19, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 6/30/2010 6:52 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > >Greetings, Andy Koppe! > > > >>>>C:/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) > >>>>C:/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) > >>>>C: on / type ntfs (binary,auto) > >>> > >>>Urgh. I hope you know what you're doing... > > > >>Yeah, I do trust the Cygwin package maintainers not to overwrite > >>/Windows or /Users. > > > >Actually that was a reference to C:/bin being a pointer to /usr/bin instead > >of /bin In normal installation it is that way plus /usr/bin as symlink to > >/bin Not the other way around. (sh is in /bin, with your structure, no way it > >could be reached through C:/bin ) > > Actually, what Andy has is what 'setup.exe' provides if you install in > 'C:\'. I have the same thing. So what he has is a "normal installation" > if the user chooses to install in 'C:\'. Also, FWIW, 'setup.exe' does not > create a "symlink" from '/usr/bin' to '/bin'. It only creates the mounts > like what Andy shows above.
Actually, these mount points are not created by setup. As you can see from the above `mount' output, they are automatic mount points which are generated at startup of the first Cygwin instance: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table Start at "A correct root directory is quite essential ..." Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
