* Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link
@ 2013-10-15 21:57 cygwin
2013-10-16 11:27 ` Robert Klemme
2013-10-16 11:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: cygwin @ 2013-10-15 21:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Is there any reason why each time a new cygwin program is
installed/updated, the installer overwrites my /usr/local/bin link?
I symlink /usr/local/bin to another location and it gets overwritten
each time.
Is there any way to avoid such behavior?
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* Re: Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link
2013-10-15 21:57 Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link cygwin
@ 2013-10-16 11:27 ` Robert Klemme
2013-10-16 11:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: Robert Klemme @ 2013-10-16 11:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM, wrote:
> Is there any reason why each time a new cygwin program is
> installed/updated, the installer overwrites my /usr/local/bin link?
>
> I symlink /usr/local/bin to another location and it gets overwritten
> each time.
>
> Is there any way to avoid such behavior?
You could mount that other location instead of symlinking.
Kind regards
robert
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* Re: Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link
2013-10-15 21:57 Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link cygwin
2013-10-16 11:27 ` Robert Klemme
@ 2013-10-16 11:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-10-16 15:41 ` cygwin
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2013-10-16 11:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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On Oct 15 17:56, ANONYMOUS wrote:
> Is there any reason why each time a new cygwin program is
> installed/updated, the installer overwrites my /usr/local/bin link?
>
> I symlink /usr/local/bin to another location and it gets overwritten
> each time.
>
> Is there any way to avoid such behavior?
Not for the time being. Rather than creating a symlink, create a
mount point in /etc/fstab or /etc/fstab.d/$USER:
C:/your/own/local/bin /usr/local/bin xxx binary 0 0
Corinna
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* Re: Installing new cygwin programs, writes over /usr/local/bin link
2013-10-16 11:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2013-10-16 15:41 ` cygwin
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From: cygwin @ 2013-10-16 15:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Corinna Vinschen wrote at about 13:47:46 +0200 on Wednesday, October 16, 2013:
> On Oct 15 17:56, ANONYMOUS wrote:
> > Is there any reason why each time a new cygwin program is
> > installed/updated, the installer overwrites my /usr/local/bin link?
> >
> > I symlink /usr/local/bin to another location and it gets overwritten
> > each time.
> >
> > Is there any way to avoid such behavior?
>
> Not for the time being. Rather than creating a symlink, create a
> mount point in /etc/fstab or /etc/fstab.d/$USER:
>
> C:/your/own/local/bin /usr/local/bin xxx binary 0 0
Thanks Corinna...
Just a follow-up question.
I have found that the fstab.d mounts don't automount. Is that by
design? Or is there some way to turn on automounting. For now I need
to run mount -a manually (or I guess I could put in my .bash_profile)
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