Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix a bad case of absolute path handling

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

On 11/11/2021 4:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 10 17:22, Ken Brown wrote:
>> I can't immediately think of anything.  But is it really impossible to phase
>> out DOS path support over a period of time?  We could start with a HEADS-UP,
>> asking for comments, then a deprecation announcement, then something like
>> the old dosfilewarning option, then a more forceful warning that can't be
>> turned off, and finally removal of support.  This could be done over a
>> period of several years (not sure how many).
> 
> Yeah, we might try again.  Just not over years, we'll probably lose
> track over time.  I'd appreciate a shorter period with a chance to see
> the end.
> 
> The problem is that people are probably using DOS paths all the time.
> Makefiles and scripts mixing Cygwin and DOS tools come to mind.

So maybe an RFC email would be useful rather than a HEADS-UP, just to see how 
widespread it is.

> For the time being, I wonder if we could start with isabspath being
> always strict so at least X: isn't an abspath at all.

Sounds reasonable.

>> We could also put lines like
>>
>>    # C:/ on /c type ntfs (binary,posix=0)
>>
>> into the default /etc/fstab.
> 
> Commented out, you mean?  Just as hint?

Yes.

>  We could do that.  Personally I
> don't like these shortcuts, I rather use a shorter cygdrive prefix, like
> /mnt, but I see how this could convince people.  Scripts with mixed
> tools will always be a problem, though.

Ken