On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 10:38:07AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 09:36:28AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >> Christopher Faylor writes: >> >> > In any event, this might help: >> > >> > mount -f -X c:/cygwin/bin /bin >> > mount -f -x c:/cygwin/bin/strace.exe /bin/strace.exe >> > mount -f -x c:/cygwin/bin/cygcheck.exe /bin/cygcheck.exe >> >> Why can this not be the default, are there any other executables that >> need to mounted '-x'? > >mount -X is a bit of a workaround. While it speeds up starting >apps from that directory, it disallows correct argument passing >for non-Cygwin applications in the same directory. Therefore >the two additional mount -x for strace and cygcheck, bot mingw >apps. > >I don't think that's a good idea to default /bin to -X.
Right. It could be an option in setup.exe, I suppose but making it the default could open up a Pandora's box of other issues. -X should be faster than -x, and -x is faster than nothing. Basically, any make option which gives a hint to cygwin on the executability of the file should speed things up slightly. So, if you know that a file or directory is not executable, mounting it as -E helps also. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
