From: David Starks-Browning Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:00:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add caveat that contents list is always out of date. X-Git-Tag: gdb_5_1-2001-07-29-branchpoint~41 X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d3f28809031a191db0cb682625ef1df3f7ad7609;p=newlib-cygwin.git Add caveat that contents list is always out of date. Remove entry "Setup screwed up my mounts!" --- diff --git a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo index 61fd49ba9..202db8e66 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ wget which xpm xpm-nox zip zlib @end example +(This list is almost certainly out of date as new packages are added.) + Full source code is available for all packages and tools. There is one recommended way to install Cygwin, which is to use the GUI @@ -173,36 +175,6 @@ without spaces. /etc/passwd, you may need to make corresponding changes there. See the README file for that package.) -@subsection Setup screwed up my mounts! - -Setup will remove the following mounts, should you have them: - -@example - / - /usr - /usr/bin - /usr/lib - /var - /lib - /bin - /etc -@end example - -It will then restore (or create new) mounts for /, /usr/bin and /usr/lib -as follows (assuming the default install root C:\cygwin): - -@example - Device Directory - C:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin - C:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib - C:\cygwin / -@end example - -Since setup is not a Cygwin program, it cannot know about your mounts -(or symlinks, for that matter), and so must impose and enforce this -structure. You should not try to defeat it, unless you know what you -are doing and can deal with the consequences. - @subsection How do I uninstall Cygwin? Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. Just delete everything