David Lee <mailtolky <at> gmail.com> writes: > (1) A bug that the base-files script tries to link to files in > C:\Windows\SysWow64\Drivers\Etc directory (should have been > C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc).
That was a regression in cygpath, which has since been fixed. > (2) Your concern of whether there are 'other places to look > for those files'. > > It seems that you want to wait for confirmations/denials for (2) before > fixing (1). If there is none then (1) stays forever. I think it is better to > separate two issues. > > First, fix (1) as if (2) doesn't exist (if you have problem > with this then consider: the old code is coded as if (2) doesn't > exist, why should the patched code be different?) > > Then, wait for confirmations for (2). You can always patch again if a > confirmation emerges - it is never too late. If no answer comes up, > at least the bug doesn't stay forever. There is no need to do anything in base-files for (1) since cygpath has been fixed already and with no information to the contrary, no concern about (2). Regards, Achim. -- 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
