From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 95497 invoked by alias); 20 Jan 2016 18:53:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 94138 invoked by uid 89); 20 Jan 2016 18:53:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=infinite, H*i:sk:loom.20, wisdom, Sound X-HELO: mail-in-05.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-05.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.45) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:53:21 +0000 Received: from mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.31]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3plwwZ38ssz2xcZ for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:53:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.49]) by mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3B5209F5F for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:53:18 +0100 (CET) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-09.arcor-online.net 3plwwZ1hpszB35t Received: from Gertrud (p54B463FB.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.180.99.251]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3plwwZ1hpszB35t for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:53:18 +0100 (CET) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc References: Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:45:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Henri's message of "Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:56:58 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: <87fuxsjd5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2016-01/txt/msg00243.txt.bz2 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. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple