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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:45:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fuxsjd5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20160120T135441-652@post.gmane.org> (Henri's message of	"Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:56:58 +0000 (UTC)")

Henri writes:
>> It's been looking for that for quite some time IIRC.  That indeed should
>> likely be
>> 
>>  WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc"
>> 
>> although I've yet to find an official MS document that says so.  I'd
>> appreciate if someone could point that out to me, I'll update the base-files
>> package in the next few days.
>
> Please read:
>
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/\
> en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
>
> ... an attempt by Microsoft to explain the mess ...
>
> Better Google: SysNative etc

TLDR;

I think my proposal above works on all systems without any of the
SysNative nonsense, I just still don't know if Microsoft in their
infinite wisdom have yet another place where they might look for those
files.


Regards,
Achim.
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-20 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-20  8:02 David Lee
2016-01-20 11:47 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-20 13:08   ` Henri
2016-01-20 14:17   ` Henri
2016-01-20 21:45     ` Achim Gratz [this message]
2016-01-20 23:35       ` Henri
2016-01-21 19:56         ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-22  7:35           ` David Lee
2016-01-22 14:33             ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-22 16:02               ` Andrey Repin
2016-01-22 21:07               ` cyg Simple
2016-01-27  9:46               ` David Lee
2016-01-27 16:08                 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-28  6:35                   ` David Lee

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