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Re: setup drops mount?

To: Karel dot Sprenger at compaq dot com
Subject: Re: setup drops mount?
From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:44:09 -0500
CC: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <70DB181F3302D21192700000F806F3A0074357FD@utoexc1.uto.cpqcorp.net>


> That is all very well and fine, but it would be nice of setup to
> restore my /var mount when it is done.

The problem is that some packages might put files in /var.  If I
restored your mount, those files would be inaccessible to cygwin
programs.

> I mean, who's the boss around here?

If you use setup, setup is the boss.  Feel free to "tar xvfz" your own
packages if you don't like the way setup sets up cygwin.

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