From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18443 invoked by alias); 4 Apr 2008 00:39:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 18422 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Apr 2008 00:39:48 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-72-74-94-32.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO ednor.cgf.cx) (72.74.94.32) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:39:31 +0000 Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 75DA568E0C4; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:39:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:39:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: "Mailing List : CygWin-Apps" , cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area Message-ID: <20080404003929.GB10912@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com, cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: "Mailing List : CygWin-Apps" , 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> <47F561D1.60706@cwilson.fastmail.fm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47F561D1.60706@cwilson.fastmail.fm> 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/msg00055.txt.bz2 On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 06:01:37PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Apr 3 09:56, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> For 1.7, I think we ought to decouple /bin <> /usr/bin and /lib <> >>> /usr/lib. The rationale for keeping those linked no longer applies in >>> the modern setup.exe world. >> Full ACK! However, this needs a bit of careful revisiting of some of >> the packages. For instance, assuming the Cygwin DLL will go to /bin, >> cygrunsrv should also reside in /bin when we do this, not in /usr/bin, >> obviously. Right now I must admit that I prectically don't care if my >> packages install the binaries in /bin or /usr/bin. > > Yep. A few things off the top of my head: > > 1) the shells need to install both in /bin and /usr/bin. This is up to the > individual maintainers when they build their -1.7 versions, but to take on > super-duper important shell: > Or "tough. you want to run /bin/bash, ensure /usr/bin is in your PATH" Yes. Making duplicate copies is asking for trouble. > 2) build tools (netrel, gbs, cygport) might need a few additions/tweaks to > support any of the above. > >> I don't know. I assume I just took this as it is. I guess the >> only reason to create user mounts to begin with was, so that any >> non-privileged user can create mount points, too, for a pure >> "just me" installation in a restricted environment. >> However, that's not really necessary anymore with /etc/fstab. >> So I agree, we can simply get rid of fstab.$SID. > > No, please don't...I like my /desktop mount... You don't need fstab to do mounts. It's always possible to add a mount to your .bashrc or something. That's what you'd do on linux if you wanted similar functionality. cgf