From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 69711 invoked by alias); 27 Jan 2016 08:29:33 -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 69699 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jan 2016 08:29:32 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=stromekonexgode, stromeko@nexgo.de, achim, Achim X-HELO: mail-ig0-f176.google.com Received: from mail-ig0-f176.google.com (HELO mail-ig0-f176.google.com) (209.85.213.176) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 08:29:31 +0000 Received: by mail-ig0-f176.google.com with SMTP id mw1so7307880igb.1 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:29:31 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=TPJ2pQ1XQP6MVvTHCJqDYNH9aB8W1A2pt+45pRD7ev4=; b=QO01/C/GFdwKRVLBZLuy22zk7nie66WXP2zFEt+T3ATGSqeQMVdf52ba4jQz4eRKDp M3myeyYWDrvffE1G1Rl9lEBht6sJqvTjo0VvdOwFPlyHT8Gk2CQAL+Trj9fH1Mxrk0Ue 2kwZGTHvsu45m7ODCdhExb0JC1xJ+Aot3cFkKIFjRZ7sgiolkBe7bxQtW1MSiUQoGGWV o2su/e5RleA1KcZ4lmOFEHWLrodfAgYVDe5UFInsWAfT93QvPJ2lxgw1urReZAIYE7Y0 WrwA5BnzBMgK8Hwq+WqEHJhSlXUzdSpuEGZn2CzARxcs9Nh8Eq5oJbYqmBD7N//Dgt4Y LXjw== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQJcBc39zHYdJVouqHcXu8AR6JnKjtTlgwWMR8Ms0Hl3yc79Zww0EudvWparfuuzGR/E/OB4R1IVMa9iQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.90.180 with SMTP id bx20mr26389396igb.67.1453883369366; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:29:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.10.34 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:29:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <87fuxsjd5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87k2n290bh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:46:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc From: David Lee To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-01/txt/msg00379.txt.bz2 On 22 January 2016 at 15:13, Achim Gratz wrote: > What I mean is this: are all the Windows versions that Cygwin supports > looking for the hosts and other files in > > %windir%\system32\drivers\etc > > or are there some versions, situations or configurations where it looks for > those files in a different place? There are two issues here: (1) A bug that the base-files script tries to link to files in C:\Windows\SysWow64\Drivers\Etc directory (should have been C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc). (2) Your concern of whether there are 'other places to look for those files'. It seems that you want to wait for confirmations/denials for (2) before fixing (1). If there is none then (1) stays forever. I think it is better to separate two issues. First, fix (1) as if (2) doesn't exist (if you have problem with this then consider: the old code is coded as if (2) doesn't exist, why should the patched code be different?) Then, wait for confirmations for (2). You can always patch again if a confirmation emerges - it is never too late. If no answer comes up, at least the bug doesn't stay forever. David Lee. -- 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