On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Renato Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > 2014-11-28 8:24 GMT-02:00 Alexander Shukaev <[email protected]>: >> >> Recently MSYS2 was renovated and now there is no "/etc/passwd" and >> "/etc/group". So how does one change $HOME to another location now? > > > I used to mount C:\Users at /home with /etc/fstab. Then Ray Donnelly > suggested me using symlinks, which made me waste a few hours restoring my > computer when I tried to uninstall MSYS2, because this removes the target > directory instead of the symlink itself. So if you go for this option, > remember to remove all symlinks before running the uninstaller.
Ouch. I had no idea about this. For me, uninstalling has always been "shift-delete the msys?? folder". I filed a bug: https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/135 Thanks. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
