From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: Robert Collins Cc: gerrit.haase@t-online.de, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: why not use root as root? Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 19:04:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A512238.35C8979@yahoo.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-01/msg00031.html Robert Collins wrote: > > Why? Having it installed in the root offers no benefits (other than > dejagnu working). And everyone doing support on the list is likely to > ask a user that has installed into the root to reinstall off the root. And, it will only work if you are on the drive with Cygwin installed in the root partition. I.E. you can only build and test on the drive with Cygwin on it. Cheers, Earnie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple