From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19542 invoked by alias); 3 Apr 2008 15:47:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 19522 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Apr 2008 15:46:59 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:46:42 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 9293A6D430A; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:46:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:47:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com, cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area Message-ID: <20080403154639.GR4468@calimero.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com, cygwin-developers@cygwin.com References: <20080402123551.GB4468@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080402174556.GI4468@calimero.vinschen.de> <47F40F16.8080303@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20080403094220.GA21673@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080403135620.GA9219@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20080403141958.GM4468@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080403153844.GA27344@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080403153844.GA27344@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00044.txt.bz2 On Apr 3 17:38, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 3 11:16, Igor Peshansky wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > >>> Get own path ==> C:\\cygwin\\bin\\cygwin1.dll > > > > >>> Where's fstab? ==> C:\\cygwin\\etc\\fstab > > > > >> > > > > >> So, it implicitly computes where / is? > > > > > > > > > >No, it doesn't. It just snips away the last two path components and > > > > >tacks the etc/fstab string on. Plus the .$SID to get the user mounts. > > > > > > > > > >After the mount points have been read, root can potentially be > > > > >somewhere else entirely. > > > > So would it make sense to put the root mount info in the same directory as > > cygwin1.dll? I know it doesn't belong in /bin, but playing with relative > > paths is even more error-prone. > > I don't understand this. As discussed somewhat later, if the root dir > follows automatically from where the DLL itself resides. Which, btw., > [...] Looks like I distracted myself while replying. What I was trying to say is, if the root dir is taken automatically from the path of the DLL, there is no reason to have the path to the root dir stored anywhere, isn't it? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat