From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24921 invoked by alias); 15 Apr 2008 08:59:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 24900 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Apr 2008 08:59:21 -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; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:59:04 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id AD9016D4312; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:59:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:59:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area Message-ID: <20080415085901.GX23852@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20080409143139.GA5920@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20080409162803.GL23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080411151333.GO23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <480014A9.62EF4E0F@dessent.net> <20080412113540.GD23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080412122232.GE23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <4800AF02.DC1B3AF5@dessent.net> <20080412151515.GG23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <48013F76.4D6B8FFC@dessent.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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/msg00199.txt.bz2 On Apr 14 19:24, Igor Peshansky wrote: > Hmm. Even now, one does not have to edit the registry to switch from > binary mode to text mode -- you just need to re-mount with the appropriate > option. I assume the same will hold for the /etc/fstab approach. No, how should it? Of course you have to edit the fstab file to create a text mount from a binary mount, *iff* you want a persistent solution. mount(1) only creates temporary mount points who's life time is determined by the life time of the Cygwin processes in the current session. > If we taught mount to do this now and removed the "Text" option from setup > altogether, complainers could be directed to the mount manpage. Then > switching to the new setup won't be that much of a pain (at least in the > text/binary department). They will be directed to the user's guide. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat