From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19541 invoked by alias); 4 Apr 2008 12:22:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 19519 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Apr 2008 12:22:58 -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; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:22:40 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id D62376D430A; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:22:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:22:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com, CygWin-Apps Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area Message-ID: <20080404122237.GB5532@calimero.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com, CygWin-Apps 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> <47F55E58.7030901@cwilson.fastmail.fm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47F55E58.7030901@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/msg00061.txt.bz2 On Apr 3 17:46, Charles Wilson wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> Why do we need a fstab.$SID and linux doesn't need this? > > Well, I like to create user mounts for each user (Guest, Administrator, me) > like this: > > mount -f -u -b "C:/Documents and Settings//My Documents" "/mydocs" > mount -f -u -b "C:/Documents and Settings//Desktop" "/desktop" > > mainly for convenience, but also because spaces and the command line don't > mix well. Linux doesn't have to deal with asinine decisions made in > Redmond, WA...from a hidden microphone in 1995: "LOOK! We can support > spaces in filenames as well as filenames longer than 8.3, so let's use them > EVERYWHERE! Spaces for EVERYBODY! Really long and hard to type system > paths, like 'Documents and Settings'! Whoo-pee!! Steve Jobs has got nuthin' > on us!" > > > I realize that on (clean-install, non-upgrade) Vista, this is less of an > issue, because the "new" paths are > > mount -f -u -b "C:/Users//Documents" "/mydocs" > mount -f -u -b "C:/Users//Desktop" "/desktop" > > but XP and 2k aren't going anywhere for a long long time, if even one of > the horror stories I've read about Vista are true... I understand that. Well, we shouldn't make this overly public, but keeping the fstab.$SID handling in doesn't hurt the least bit. Btw., since setup.exe (or the subsequent script) can and will always create an /etc/fstab file, doesn't that mean we can get rid of the choices "all users" and "just me"? The only difference between these two choices is in which registry area the mount points go. So there's no reason to stick to that choice. And while we're at it, I don't see any need to stick to the UNIX/DOS choice either. We should always install binary mount points. If the user needs text mounts, there's an editor and a fstab file, right? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat