From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31800 invoked by alias); 22 Jan 2016 03:12:05 -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 31786 invoked by uid 89); 22 Jan 2016 03:12:04 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.9 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, U*stromeko, Stromeko@nexgo.de X-HELO: mail-io0-f180.google.com Received: from mail-io0-f180.google.com (HELO mail-io0-f180.google.com) (209.85.223.180) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:12:02 +0000 Received: by mail-io0-f180.google.com with SMTP id 1so75469996ion.1 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:12:02 -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=wFEy4PxIZHuGP8pinsCl/t9+X8S0MzAtaBpLQfR01ic=; b=l4o/ucn2B42Xb3w9a+CGN5NyCkL2jaM5BDb73arM1oAwe/kkNhskD9zA7kqjh4ZJoo CNtkWxys5h3w9mJGh/wWDKR0vGN+Dfo1dYj7/A5DRKkgqV+pqMfcbld79HDXfu/iMDmx 2elabqRwhdWUuCGhmROs7EWBk/nRTTRKXntxXT3A0EaWO2rgVYjd89UYCFDybz4uhtS4 CRthpvmA/LT8VwABsQt+yrTqpr7vhJsyt7bDPLckYhZgju0Y6iDZWraBrWvVFnxIG+0Y dFumRsKbfr0UVGX58jHzHXIfWPNyeMp6nh9pMe0Ws8G+eFRLqS69O0ielZK0aYwhuXqh 1kmw== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQERNqqvO2OXgFmqDMyIlHg4p5NF4+SKc+6zm093psiC8TT1qmpCAQv1w47FyCCE6Z2Q8zGsEw1nsN9yw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.136.226 with SMTP id s95mr1282257ioi.38.1453432320700; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:12:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.10.34 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:12:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k2n290bh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <87fuxsjd5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87k2n290bh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:35:00 -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/msg00285.txt.bz2 Thanks you all for the replies. Achim writes: > What goes still unanswered is if that's the only > place Windows ever looks for those files. I guess yes, but I can't find > no positive confirmation. Sorry not sure what you mean. Henri's link shows file system redirection does not apply to %windir%\system32\drivers\etc, therefore there are no other places to 'look for those files' - if 'other places' is meant to be places caused by file system redirection. Henri's link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Thanks. David. On 22 January 2016 at 03:53, Achim Gratz wrote: > Henri writes: >> Yes, your proposal will work ... BECAUSE in that specific case, redirection >> will be switched OFF (hey, study the URL that I posted). > > Yes, I've read that. What goes still unanswered is if that's the only > place Windows ever looks for those files. I guess yes, but I can't find > no positive confirmation. > >> Btw, Microsoft thinks the "SysNative nonsense" a necessity; it even patched >> XP in order to introduce that nonsense ... > > I'm sure they think that and there's probably a PowerPoint with lots of > bullet points that says so. But I've yet to meet anyone who thinks it > was a bright idea after running into it unexpectedly. If anything, MS > themselves couldn't make it work without those exceptions whose > documentation is not easy to find. > > > 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 > -- 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