On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 01:21:48PM -0500, David A. Rogers wrote: > >On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> On Oct 7 10:52, Christopher Faylor wrote: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > No, I didn't.
True enough. Snipped incorrectly. > > >> Why is that a requirement anyway? Why is it necessary to hide > >> $SYSTEMROOT? I don't see a reason for that? > > > >apache strips it out before launching cgi programs. cgi programs that > >need to access a socket can't because they don't have a $SYSTEMROOT > >variable. > > Corinna and I were having a technical discussion. We both understand > the requirements. We were discussing the best way to implement things. > Corrina asked why it was necessary to hide SYSTEMROOT. I read that as "What is the reason for hiding SYSTEMROOT?" In any case, I don't think an attempt to be helpful warrents a snippy response. dar -- 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/
