backup privileges [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.22-1]

[Matthew Woehlke]

Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> I didn't expect to get told that this is "breaking" something.  It's
>> really weird.  Usually Cygwin gets kicked for non-POSIXy behaviour.
>> Apparently there's no way to do something right :(
> 
> Hmm, "breaking" was probably too strong of a word.  I just think we'll be
> violating the principle of least surprise by allowing such unrestricted
> access, "WJM" notwithstanding.

Funny, I seem to recall MSFTEU being a Cygwin principle. ;-)

-- 
Matthew
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