From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 93794 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2016 02:24:57 -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 93784 invoked by uid 89); 28 Jan 2016 02:24:56 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.6 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, Hx-languages-length:1524, Stromeko@nexgo.de X-HELO: mail-io0-f179.google.com Received: from mail-io0-f179.google.com (HELO mail-io0-f179.google.com) (209.85.223.179) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 28 Jan 2016 02:24:55 +0000 Received: by mail-io0-f179.google.com with SMTP id f81so40240259iof.0 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:24:55 -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=epOydfPPI26UDauDwaO/cjMNBg9fEQwoRFZnK8Pe0cs=; b=IBEyfSNQc3JU9iDgkwzz70cg/4YynG7d7PlgCeKhVy5kCrVm/G83BYEMg7H3mD/iw7 Qls0MZQlJyo28IF6XzpNqZDKbDT39rrdOpsRPF6NFnYH62abS2RT89/vVmm76GzgPvcM Wefr2G0LsmGTDM7BrKhsUHK4KlpZSgdewGQooVF9TeFdZ5uWooi+AmtsndhZ8/3A/iEG Amb7EeruTIE10NC0lmYewjUsrfqgowQN5cbus2NJUJjUbSxV7Jwn/v9B7+GkQZWJMrT0 q6IoVTKiFCiKr4zrOMGEKke6A9it/i49CfRnvcJ6CI9dqNf7OfuMwMSKIEzroqFhKO1m 6Y3A== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOT+dp25TSwyLXnCmaPPHmhUbOGaSyU4l2dFRoKC5uhazgcN4WStEqeKxt+4GDK8aEIhQUitO8MYxiFcWQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.136.226 with SMTP id s95mr1155706ioi.38.1453947893280; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:24:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.10.34 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:24:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <87fuxsjd5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87k2n290bh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 06:35:00 -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/msg00403.txt.bz2 Sorry I missed that - will try the new version today or tomorrow. On 27 January 2016 at 19:52, Achim Gratz wrote: > David Lee gmail.com> writes: >> (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). > > That was a regression in cygpath, which has since been fixed. > >> (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. > > There is no need to do anything in base-files for (1) since cygpath has been > fixed already and with no information to the contrary, no concern about (2). > > > Regards, > Achim. > > > > > -- > 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