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RE: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
- From: "Tackett, Galen" <Galen dot Tackett at DynCorp dot com>
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:29:23 -0400
- Subject: RE: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
cgf wrote:
> So, like all great ideas, all that it needs is an actual patch to make it
happen.
Yep, just like interstellar travel, time machines, and toasters that always
get the bread just right on the first try.
(Sorry... I just couldn't resist a little sillines.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:22 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:48:07AM -0400, Joe Buehler wrote:
>Paul Johnston wrote:
>
>>NT has an equivalent to /etc/hosts, so I think the cygwin install should
>>create this symbolic link:
>>
>>/etc/hosts -> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
>
>This is a great idea, making allowances for variations in the different
>versions of Windows, of course.
So, like all great ideas, all that it needs is an actual patch to make
it happen.
cgf
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