Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-29 Thread Linda Walsh
Earnie Boyd wrote: It doesn't matter. If the working drive is E: and the symlink is on C: then /usr/bin doesn't exist on E: and /usr/bin/ls or any other binary will not work. Ah... this sounds like a different problem than I understood it to be. Let me relate an example and see if it sounds

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-27 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Earnie Boyd wrote: >> >> Not in total. /usr/bin would only be available if the working device >> is the same as the device containing the link. > > > ??? > I think you are confusing junctions with symlinks. > > symlinks can point to anoth

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-27 Thread Linda Walsh
Earnie Boyd wrote: Not in total. /usr/bin would only be available if the working device is the same as the device containing the link. ??? I think you are confusing junctions with symlinks. symlinks can point to another device (including network shares). Note, you may have to enable set

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-27 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Jiri Engelthaler wrote: >> >> 2012/9/23 marco atzeri : >> >> >> And if I'm looking a way how to avoid this ...buggy feature..., my >> answer is yes. If someone can help me with how to run gcc compiler >> (see first post) which looks in ../libexe

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-27 Thread Linda Walsh
Jiri Engelthaler wrote: 2012/9/23 marco atzeri : And if I'm looking a way how to avoid this ...buggy feature..., my answer is yes. If someone can help me with how to run gcc compiler (see first post) which looks in ../libexec/.. for cc1.exe, I'll be happy. My question is still same: How to

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-23 Thread Eliot Moss
Dear Jiri -- If you want a version of gcc that runs natively under Windows, why don't you install that? MinGW will provide that without bringing all if cygwin into it. You will get C programs compiled to run under Windows. If you compile under cygwin, you will get programs designed to run unde

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-23 Thread Jiri Engelthaler
2012/9/23 marco atzeri : > On 9/22/2012 11:03 PM, Jiri Engelthaler wrote: >> >> marco atzeri gmail.com> writes: >> >>> >>> On 9/21/2012 10:48 AM, Jiri Engelthaler wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Cygwin developers >>>> I have a

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-23 Thread marco atzeri
On 9/22/2012 11:03 PM, Jiri Engelthaler wrote: marco atzeri gmail.com> writes: On 9/21/2012 10:48 AM, Jiri Engelthaler wrote: Hello Cygwin developers I have a problem with cygwin default mounts I have compiled gcc cross compiler for powerpc (some problem with arm cross) and installed

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-22 Thread Jiri Engelthaler
marco atzeri gmail.com> writes: > > On 9/21/2012 10:48 AM, Jiri Engelthaler wrote: > > Hello Cygwin developers > > I have a problem with cygwin default mounts > > I have compiled gcc cross compiler for powerpc (some problem with arm > > cross) and installed to

Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-21 Thread marco atzeri
On 9/21/2012 10:48 AM, Jiri Engelthaler wrote: Hello Cygwin developers I have a problem with cygwin default mounts I have compiled gcc cross compiler for powerpc (some problem with arm cross) and installed to destination directory. Installed directory structure is (truncated) +bin | +powerpc

[BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7

2012-09-21 Thread Jiri Engelthaler
Hello Cygwin developers I have a problem with cygwin default mounts I have compiled gcc cross compiler for powerpc (some problem with arm cross) and installed to destination directory. Installed directory structure is (truncated) +bin | +powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc.exe +include +lib +libexec

Re: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:15:31AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> "You know better than to send this inquiry to the Cygwin list ..." > >>> "This is off-topic, it belongs on [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..." > >On or about 19th April all the XFree86 stuff became available at the Cygwin >mirrors and for

Re: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-15 Thread fergus
>> "You know better than to send this inquiry to the Cygwin list ..." >> "This is off-topic, it belongs on [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..." On or about 19th April all the XFree86 stuff became available at the Cygwin mirrors and for the first time required no special download or installation procedures.

RE: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-15 Thread Robert Collins
> -Original Message- > From: Bernard Dautrevaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:01 PM > To: Robert Collins; Bernard Dautrevaux; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Default mounts : one redundant? > > > > > > -Origi

RE: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-15 Thread Bernard Dautrevaux
> -Original Message- > From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:50 AM > To: Bernard Dautrevaux; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Default mounts : one redundant? > > > This is off-topic, it belongs on [EMAIL PROTECTED] A

RE: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-15 Thread Bernard Dautrevaux
> -Original Message- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Default mounts : one redundant? > > > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 04:39:12PM +0100, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wro

RE: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-15 Thread Robert Collins
This is off-topic, it belongs on [EMAIL PROTECTED] And the answer is in that lists archives. Rob > -Original Message- > From: Bernard Dautrevaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 5:43 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Defau

Re: Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 04:39:12PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Nothing altered from the default full installation: > >~> mount -m >mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts" >"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts" >mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin" >mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin/lib" "/usr/li

Default mounts : one redundant?

2002-05-14 Thread fergus
Nothing altered from the default full installation: ~> mount -m mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts" "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts" mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin" mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib" mount -f -s -b "c:/Cygwin" "/" mount -s -b --change-cygdrive-prefix "/c

RE: default mounts

2001-12-19 Thread Ching, Jimen
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >It is not setup.exe's expected behavior to put anything in /usr/bin and >/usr/lib. It is setup.exe's expected behavior to mount dir>/bin to /usr/bin and /lib to /usr/lib. Unless you >can provide more details of what you did, I have to c

RE: default mounts

2001-12-19 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 03:11 PM 12/19/2001, Ching, Jimen wrote: >David Starks-Browning [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: > >There is an entry "Why the weird directory structure?" in the Cygwin > >FAQ. Did you read it? If, after reading the FAQ entry, you still > >have questions or problems, please report them to the list.

RE: default mounts

2001-12-19 Thread Ching, Jimen
David Starks-Browning [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >There is an entry "Why the weird directory structure?" in the Cygwin >FAQ. Did you read it? If, after reading the FAQ entry, you still >have questions or problems, please report them to the list. Apparently, this FAQ is accurate. The problem is

RE: default mounts

2001-12-19 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 07:33 PM 12/18/2001, Ching, Jimen wrote: > >No. You should check this out closely. If it's not an artifact your > >custom environment (the fact that you mention symlinks to /bin and/or > >/usr/bin makes me think your environment may be "fooling" setup.exe > >into doing the wrong thing), plea

default mounts

2001-12-19 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Tuesday 18 Dec 01, Ching, Jimen writes: > Hi all, > > I have just installed the latest cygwin dll. I noticed that the /bin and > /usr/bin are now their own separate directories. At one point, they were > symlinks. But when I reboot my computer, my mount table still shows the > e:\cygwin\bin

RE: default mounts

2001-12-18 Thread Ching, Jimen
>No. You should check this out closely. If it's not an artifact your >custom environment (the fact that you mention symlinks to /bin and/or >/usr/bin makes me think your environment may be "fooling" setup.exe >into doing the wrong thing), please provide details of what you find. >If you find it

Re: default mounts

2001-12-18 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 03:15 PM 12/18/2001, Ching, Jimen wrote: >Hi all, > >I have just installed the latest cygwin dll. I noticed that the /bin and >/usr/bin are now their own separate directories. At one point, they were >symlinks. But when I reboot my computer, my mount table still shows the ^ I don'

default mounts

2001-12-18 Thread Ching, Jimen
Hi all, I have just installed the latest cygwin dll. I noticed that the /bin and /usr/bin are now their own separate directories. At one point, they were symlinks. But when I reboot my computer, my mount table still shows the e:\cygwin\bin is mounted on /usr/bin, where e:\cygwin is mounted on